{"product_id":"rock-art-1","title":"Rock Art","description":"\u003cp\u003ePainted\n  and engraved marks and images on rock surfaces represent the oldest and most\n  widespread form of human expression. Found globally in its original\n  landscapes, with some images dating back fifty thousand years or more, the\n  world's rock art constitutes the most important body of latent knowledge\n  about our deep past. Today, however, mass tourism, vandalism, theft, land\n  development, and climate change are posing increasingly dire threats to this\n  irreplaceable heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis richly illustrated volume,\n  the ninth to appear in the Getty Conservation Institute's award-winning\n  Readings in Conservation series, is the first interdisciplinary anthology to\n  focus on the conservation and management of rock art sites. Its 133 readings survey\n  the arc of published writings on the subject, ranging from early academic\n  theories and oral narratives of Traditional peoples to an abundant selection\n  of recent scholarship covering current best practices and advances in\n  portable instrumentation that can be used in the field. The book is divided\n  into nine parts. Initial sections probe the origins and significance of these\n  often-enigmatic forms, then survey scientific and technological methods of\n  dating, monitoring, and documenting them. Subsequent readings discuss rock\n  art's physical characteristics and weathering, its importance to Indigenous\n  communities, the decolonization of site management, the role of governments,\n  the value of public outreach, and climate change. The volume closes with a selection\n  of case studies drawn from major sites worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Getty Trust Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57260651807064,"sku":"9798887120034","price":77.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9798887120034_aceb5710-15b7-42aa-9911-35005e40d2c5.jpg?v=1781327762","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/rock-art-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}