UCL Institute of Archaeology

This course will consider rock art studies in several geographic regions of the world, in order to present to students the extent of rock art sites and heritage from a global point of view. The approach will be broadly comparative, exploring the character of regional traditions, the role of different ecologies (cave art vs open-air art) and social structures in shaping the character of rock art traditions. Regions from which case studies are to be drawn will include: Europe (Palaeolithic and Post-Palaeolithic), Africa (Saharan and Sub-Saharan), Australia/Oceania, the Middle East and Asia, North and South America.

• Read more about a recent rock art field trip to the Dordogne (May 2013)»

• Code:G229
• Credits: 15
• Coordinator: Didier Bouakaze-Khan
• Prerequisite:
• Handbook: open»

For registered students

• Moodle page: open»
• Turnitin id: 436772
• Reading list: open»