Abstract Signs is a category of non-representational graphic symbols found in prehistoric cave art that constitute intentional, structured markings distinct from figurative depictions and are interpreted as conveying symbolic or communicative meaning within early human cognitive and cultural systems.
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Semiotic and spatial scope : Towards a materialist semiotics
Jan Blommaert · 2013 · 43 citations
The words in the image: orality, literacy, and early Greek art
Jeffrey M. Hurwit · Word & Image · 1990 · 31 citations
Humanities, Art History, Iconography +14
Symbolic Representation of Abstract Concepts
Sheila Jones · Ergonomics · 1978 · 25 citations
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Princeton University
Princeton, United States
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112 citations
University College London
London, United Kingdom
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Turin Institute for the Deaf
Pianezza, Italy
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University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
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Carnegie Institution for Science
Washington, United States
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Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies
Rome, Italy
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, United States
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University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Repository · 1 publications · 50 citations
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