David Mendel Witelson is a doctoral candidate with Professor David Pearce at the University of the Witwatersrand’s Rock Art Research Institute. His doctoral research is on hunter-gatherer rock art in the north Eastern Cape Province of South Africa with a focus on the role that image-making plays in establishing spatial connections and social relations. In addition to rock art, his research interests include the Holocene archaeology of southern Africa, archaeological method and theory, and the intersection of mainstream archaeological and rock art research. He has published previously in the fields of rock art and lithic analysis. David lives in Linden, Johannesburg.

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• PREFACECHAPTER 1: A PAINTED RIDGECHAPTER 2: PERFORMANCE THEORYCHAPTER 3: DANCING AND PAINTING—A PERFORMATIVE DYAD?CHAPTER 4: BEHIND THE SCENESCHAPTER 5: PAINTED AND IMPLIED INTERACTIONSCHAPTER 6: SHELTERED PERFORMANCESCHAPTER 7: COMING TO TERMS WITH DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIESAPPENDICESAPPENDIX A: SITE MEASUREMENTSAPPENDIX B: SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMSAPPENDIX C: IMAGE COUNTSAPPENDIX D: DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT PROCEDURES

David Mendel Witelson is a doctoral candidate with Professor David Pearce at the University of the Witwatersrand’s Rock Art Research Institute. His doctoral research is on hunter-gatherer rock art in the north Eastern Cape Province of South Africa with a focus on the role that image-making plays in establishing spatial connections and social relations. In addition to rock art, his research interests include the Holocene archaeology of southern Africa, archaeological method and theory, and the intersection of mainstream archaeological and rock art research. He has published previously in the fields of rock art and lithic analysis. David lives in Linden, Johannesburg.

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• PREFACECHAPTER 1: A PAINTED RIDGECHAPTER 2: PERFORMANCE THEORYCHAPTER 3: DANCING AND PAINTING—A PERFORMATIVE DYAD?CHAPTER 4: BEHIND THE SCENESCHAPTER 5: PAINTED AND IMPLIED INTERACTIONSCHAPTER 6: SHELTERED PERFORMANCESCHAPTER 7: COMING TO TERMS WITH DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIESAPPENDICESAPPENDIX A: SITE MEASUREMENTSAPPENDIX B: SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMSAPPENDIX C: IMAGE COUNTSAPPENDIX D: DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT PROCEDURES

David Mendel Witelson is a doctoral candidate with Professor David Pearce at the University of the Witwatersrand’s Rock Art Research Institute. His doctoral research is on hunter-gatherer rock art in the north Eastern Cape Province of South Africa with a focus on the role that image-making plays in establishing spatial connections and social relations. In addition to rock art, his research interests include the Holocene archaeology of southern Africa, archaeological method and theory, and the intersection of mainstream archaeological and rock art research. He has published previously in the fields of rock art and lithic analysis. David lives in Linden, Johannesburg.

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• PREFACECHAPTER 1: A PAINTED RIDGECHAPTER 2: PERFORMANCE THEORYCHAPTER 3: DANCING AND PAINTING—A PERFORMATIVE DYAD?CHAPTER 4: BEHIND THE SCENESCHAPTER 5: PAINTED AND IMPLIED INTERACTIONSCHAPTER 6: SHELTERED PERFORMANCESCHAPTER 7: COMING TO TERMS WITH DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIESAPPENDICESAPPENDIX A: SITE MEASUREMENTSAPPENDIX B: SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMSAPPENDIX C: IMAGE COUNTSAPPENDIX D: DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT PROCEDURES