Time and Prehistoric Images

Durational Images: Time and Images after the European Ice Age explores images from the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age of Atlantic and Northern Europe to reconsider their ontological attributes as tools for navigating time. The book argues that durational images from the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age mark an important shift from the prevailing Palaeolithic tradition of representational image making.Drawing on the philosophy of Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze and Karen Barad, amongst others, the book argues that images from this period must be regarded in a new way as modes of engagement instead of solely as modes of communication.Images are regarded then as multiplicities, that exist both temporally and spatially.Considering the dynamic and durational character of images from this period, enables us to understand that images may not only be representational, but also used as devices for navigating and producing time in differing ways.While archaeological evidence is often use