Intuition and analysis in the recording, interpretation and public translation of Neolithic engraved signs in western France
The archaeology of images embraces the absolute and the relative. The study of parietal art mobilises both intuition and analysis. Lyrical language and the language of the sciences are not incompatible. Recording techniques must refer to the relevant interpretative frame. Any technique should aim to achieve a chronography of the signs.
lyrical language chronography scientific language megalith