Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Drawing on ten years of the author and her late research partner, Kevin�s Sharpe�s, development ofmethodologies for approaching the study of finger flutings, this paper focuses on the manner in which
one can determine distinct individual cave artists through a confluence of rich data sources which
examines finger width, profiles, handedness, applications of Manning�s gender studies to determine
sex, depth of fluting, height, and the cataloging of idiosyncratic fluting choices. The study of finger
flutings sheds light on the individual cave artist, in that one can look to an individual artist�s corpus of
work and can contrast recurring themes with an individual�s choices, as well as a larger host of
questions based on how and where individuals or members of a group choose to flute. This paper also
focuses specifically on recent work involving the development of methods for studying single fingered
figurative images by using laboratory work in comparison with field collected data.
Source: Palethnologie
Author: Leslie Van Gelder
Institution: Walden University
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2224922633