Angelo E. Fossati

Broschiertes Buch

Messages from the Past: Rock Art of Al-Hajar Mountains

Beschreibung

Angelo E. Fossati takes the reader on an in-depth journey into the various themes present in the rock art of Oman, offering theories on the chronology and interpretation, while exploring the landscape setting of the decorated panels. Highly illustrated throughout, beautiful photographs and scientific tracings of the rock art accompany the text.

Autor

Angelo E. Fossati is an Italian archaeologist specialized in rock art studies. He teaches Prehistory and Protohistory at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan (Italy) and researches mainly on Alpine megalithism and pre-Roman inscriptions. Dr Fossati has conducted rock art documentation and studies in several countries including Italy, France, Portugal and the USA. He has been consultant for the UNESCO Word Heritage Center and is President of 'Footsteps of Man' an Italian rock art society member of the International Federation of Rock Art Organizations. The author has published several papers and books on various rock art traditions. In Oman, he has conducted numerous surveys and documentation works under the patronage of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in several areas of Al-Hajar Mountains.

Produktdetails

• The Archaeological Heritage of Oman
• Verlag: Archaeopress
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 297mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 1272g
• ISBN-13: 9781789692860
• ISBN-10: 1789692865
• Artikelnr.: 57130379