Iconographic Method in New World Prehistory
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 12/13/2012
EAN 9781107022638, ISBN10: 1107022630
Hardcover, 214 pages, 23.5 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This book offers an overview of iconographic methods and their application to archaeological analysis. It offers a truly interdisciplinary approach that draws equally from art history and anthropology. Vernon James Knight, Jr begins with an historiographical overview, addressing the methodologies and theories that underpin both archaeology and art history. He then demonstrates how iconographic methods can be integrated with the scientific methods that are at the core of much archaeological inquiry. Focusing on artifacts from the pre-Columbian civilizations of North and Meso-American sites, Knight shows how the use of iconographic analysis yields new insights into these objects and civilizations.
1. Preliminaries
an iconography of prehistoric images
2. Style
3. Form and referent
4. Configurational analysis
5. Ethnographic analogy
6. The logic of iconographic method in prehistory.