Yann-Pierre Montelle

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Independent Researcher

Available in film copy fromProQuestDissertation Publishing. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 2004. Vita. Thesis advisor: John Emigh. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 365-392). "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Special Graduate Studies at Brown University"

Allusions to a close nexus between forensics and rock art science have appeared occasionally in the literature. For this contribution, the author provides ample evidence for the analogous nature of these investigations and proposes a standardized methodology for the scientific study of the evidential corpus directly and indirectly associated with t...

In illustrating the practical application of the tenets and techniques of forensic science in rock art research, the authors relate the work of specific projects conducted in Australian limestone caves. Australia has the second-largest known concentration of cave art in the world, which is being studied by the Parietal Markings Project, established...

A cave bear skull from the Upper Paleolithic is carefully positioned on a modified block in the Skull Chamber of Chauvet Cave. The Skull Chamber, as the culmination of a speleological parcours, has apparently been strategically modified in order to increase its performative potential — an early architectural attempt to reconfigure a space en route...

In an effort to promote the merits of forensic work in rock art science, this paper reports such work conducted in one of the cave art sites of Australia, Ngrang Cave in western Victoria. This relatively small cave contains hundreds of petroglyphs, including sub-parallel sets of grooves and finger flutings. Its entrance chamber contains a large col...

Allusions to a close nexus between forensics and rock art science have appeared occasionally in the literature. For this contribution, the author provides ample evidence for the analogous nature of these investigations and proposes a preliminary outline for a standardised methodology for the scientific study of the evidential corpus directly and in...

Following the discovery of Franco-Caribbean cave art in the nineteenth century, standard interpretations of these works usually revolved around hunting, magic, and fertility cults. Orthodox positions such as these have weighed heavily on later generations of art historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists, even those whose views dissented from...