Books by Andrzej Rozwadowski
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The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art, 2018
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Warszawa-Toruń: Polski Instytut Studiów nad Sztuką Świata, Wydawnictwo Tako., 2017
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Ślady - Spacer z Powidokiem, 2016
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Książka zawiera artykuły napisane przez archeologów i etnografów z Polski, Wielkiej Brytanii i Ka... more Książka zawiera artykuły napisane przez archeologów i etnografów z Polski, Wielkiej Brytanii i Kazachstanu. Ukazują one problematykę sztuki naskalnej oraz zjawisko szamanizmu w aspekcie nie tylko etnograficzno-archeologicznym, ale także uwzględniają elementy językoznawstwa, religioznawstwa i psychologii. Scharakteryzowano współczesne malowidła naskalne, jak również rysunki naskalne epok prehistorycznych, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem regionu Azji Środkowej.
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"The book is the first synthesis of rock art research specifically tailored to make a contributio... more "The book is the first synthesis of rock art research specifically tailored to make a contribution to the field of Polish archaeology. Its primary aim is to analyze the complexities of the interpretative contexts of rock art, which are based within ethno-archaeological discourse. First of all it provides an informed review of interpretative frameworks and outlines the key turning points of rock art theories over the decades. This is followed by a discussion of the contribution of localized studies of rock art from different parts of the world that highlight the diversity and complexity of context. These are supplemented by the Author’s own personal research conducted at important rock art sites found across Africa, Central Asia and North America. Moreover, these studies importantly demonstrate that rock art research requires not only the act of reflecting upon theoretical constructions of the past, but also the detailed examination of the very nature of visual communication itself. Overall, it is argued that through the process of interpreting we are able to approach the meanings behind ancient rock art imagery, but it is not necessarily an easy task. The symbolic nature of rock art is profoundly polysemic and interpretative strategies need to allow for the fact that there may be no single meaning to an image, and accept the possibility of other solutions. This allows for the generation of a variety of different readings, but with this “freedom” to interpret comes the responsibility of applying critical reflection in order to reduce unjustified and inaccurate explanations.
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Table of contents:
Preface
Introduction: Why rock art?
PART ONE
Rock art
1. Preliminary definitions: rock art, its forms and methods of dating
2. The phenomenon of rock art
PART TWO
From analogy to structure
3. Beginnings of discourse – the past through the prism of the present
4. Towards structure – critique of ethnographic analogies
PART THREE
The sphere of text metaphor
5. From syntactics to semantics
6. Critique of text
PART FOUR
Space and time
7. Place – text immobilized
8. Time span of discourse – the search for cultural continuity
PART FIVE
Psychology and history – a question of shamanism
9. Mind, trance and art – the first exposure of shamanism
10. Historical shamanism – second exposure
11. History versus phenomenon – conclusions and implications
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12. Towards the understanding and awareness of rock art phenomenon
References
Photographs (68 color photos)
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The book aims to reveal the symbolic basis behind much of the rock art imagery of Central Asia th... more The book aims to reveal the symbolic basis behind much of the rock art imagery of Central Asia through the prism of diversity of ethnic, religious and economic traditions that provided the dynamic interactions throughout the history of this region. It starts with short introduction to archaeology, history of research and the earliest rock art. Then it moves to the times of Indo-Europeans’ migrations developing new insight into petroglyphs’ symbolism through the Indo-Iranian cosmology and cosmogony. Part three discuses the art of Iranian-Turkic “Early Nomads”. Finally the author analyses the problem of persistence of ancient art and symbolic traditions in new contexts with references to Navruz rites, interactions between shamanism and mystical Islam, and symbolism of landscape.
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Antiquity, 2024
Rock art can be useful as a factor in reclaiming Indigenous identities. One example of this pheno... more Rock art can be useful as a factor in reclaiming Indigenous identities. One example of this phenomenon is work by contemporary artists who explore and integrate rock art in their creations. The author considers how and why a selection of artists in Siberia/Central Asia and Canada use these ancient images.
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Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2024
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https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/C3KJZ9MVQKCM9GQIIID2/full?target=10.1080/2159032X.2023.2299651
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In this article, the potential of archaeoacoustics for understanding past communities is discusse... more In this article, the potential of archaeoacoustics for understanding past communities is discussed by looking at a range of acoustic parameters. Our case study is the Urkosh rock art area in the Ongudai district, Republic of Altai (Russia). The rock art of this area dates possibly from the Upper Palaeolithic and definitely from the Early Bronze Age (second half of the third millennium BCE). There are important periods in the Early Iron Age (first half of the first millennium BCE) and the medieval era, after which there are later additions up to the present day. Major and minor sites were tested, as well as some with no art. The results obtained from the tests conducted using the impulse response method indicate high values for sound clarity not only in the rock art sites but also in at least one nearby panel without rock art. Although these results cannot explain why rock art was produced precisely in specific locations, they objectively describe the acoustic conditions under which particular intangible cultural practices were probably organised in them. In particular we focus on storytelling and music, cultural practices for which there is a wealth of information in the ethnographic sources written about the area.
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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2022
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D. Żurkiewicz (ed.), Treasures of Time. Research of the Faculty of Archaeology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań., 2021
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ПРОБЛЕМЫ ИСТОРИИ, ФИЛОЛОГИИ, КУЛЬТУРЫ, 2021
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in: A. Rozwadowski & J. Hampson (eds), Visual Culture, Heritage and Identity: Using Rock Art to Reconnect Past and Present. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2021
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Books by Andrzej Rozwadowski
http://www.press.amu.edu.pl/ksiegarnia/dys/archeologia/rozwadowski1.htm
Table of contents:
Preface
Introduction: Why rock art?
PART ONE
Rock art
1. Preliminary definitions: rock art, its forms and methods of dating
2. The phenomenon of rock art
PART TWO
From analogy to structure
3. Beginnings of discourse – the past through the prism of the present
4. Towards structure – critique of ethnographic analogies
PART THREE
The sphere of text metaphor
5. From syntactics to semantics
6. Critique of text
PART FOUR
Space and time
7. Place – text immobilized
8. Time span of discourse – the search for cultural continuity
PART FIVE
Psychology and history – a question of shamanism
9. Mind, trance and art – the first exposure of shamanism
10. Historical shamanism – second exposure
11. History versus phenomenon – conclusions and implications
***
12. Towards the understanding and awareness of rock art phenomenon
References
Photographs (68 color photos)
"
Papers by Andrzej Rozwadowski
http://www.press.amu.edu.pl/ksiegarnia/dys/archeologia/rozwadowski1.htm
Table of contents:
Preface
Introduction: Why rock art?
PART ONE
Rock art
1. Preliminary definitions: rock art, its forms and methods of dating
2. The phenomenon of rock art
PART TWO
From analogy to structure
3. Beginnings of discourse – the past through the prism of the present
4. Towards structure – critique of ethnographic analogies
PART THREE
The sphere of text metaphor
5. From syntactics to semantics
6. Critique of text
PART FOUR
Space and time
7. Place – text immobilized
8. Time span of discourse – the search for cultural continuity
PART FIVE
Psychology and history – a question of shamanism
9. Mind, trance and art – the first exposure of shamanism
10. Historical shamanism – second exposure
11. History versus phenomenon – conclusions and implications
***
12. Towards the understanding and awareness of rock art phenomenon
References
Photographs (68 color photos)
"
The exhibition will be open until 31st July 2019.
FINDING THE DRUM INSIDE THE ROCK: SIBERIAN SHAMANISM, ROCK ART AND ARCHETYPAL CREATIVITY
Andrzej Rozwadowski
Professor, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
Honorary research fellow, Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
The ancient art forms of the Minusinsk Basin in southern Siberia, in the land of the Khakas people, will be presented in this seminar. Among them, there is a unique petroglyph assemblage which includes a shaman’s representation hidden in a large crack in the rock. On the basis of the ethnography related to the shamanism of the Khakas people, it will be argued that the petroglyphs may reflect ideas associated with shamanic initiation ceremonies. The unique geographical context of this rock art will lead us to discuss more general questions related to the primal creativity inherent to shamanic experiences.