{"title":"Series: New Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"landscapes-rock-art-and-the-dreaming-by-professor-bruno-david-9781350345003","title":"Landscapes, Rock-Art and the Dreaming","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe apparent timelessness of the Dreaming of Aboriginal Australia has long mystified European observers, conjuring images of an ancient people in harmony with their surroundings. It may come as a surprise, therefore, that the Dreaming's historical antiquity had never been explored by archaeologists prior to this study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this seminal text in rock-art research, now reissued with a new preface, Bruno David examines the archaeological evidence for Dreaming-mediated places, rituals and symbolism. What emerges is not a static culture, but a mode of conceiving the world that emerged in its recognisable form only about 1,000 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a world of what the philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer has called pre-understanding, a condition of knowledge that shapes one's experience of the world. By tracing through time the archaeological visibility of one well-known mode of pre-understanding—the Dreaming of Aboriginal Australia—the author argues that it is possible to scientifically explore an archaeology of pre-understanding; of body and mind, identity and Being-in-the-world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLandscapes, Rock-Art and the Dreaming\u003c\/em\u003e serves as a groundbreaking exploration, shedding light on the complex and dynamic nature of Aboriginal culture and its historical development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849407123692,"sku":"9781350345003","price":68.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/21362313482668.jpg?v=1759045241"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-new-approaches-to-anthropological-archaeology.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}