Australian archaeologist
Robert G. Bednarik Robert G. Bednarik (born 6 April 1944 inVienna ) is an Austrianprehistorian and cognitivearcheologist .
Robert Bednarik moved from Austria to Australia in 1966. Bednarik, who considers himself anautodidact , is an expert in the fields ofrock art and paleolithicportable art . He conductsexperimental archaeology and edits four scientific journals.
According to Bednarik, he has published more than 1,450 scientific articles since 1965.[ 1] International Centre of Rock Art Dating (ICRAD) at theHebei Normal University inShijiazhuang (China ).[ 2]
Bednarik's principal research interest is the origins of the human ability to create constructs of reality; consequently, his research focuses on the origins of art,[ 3] [ 4]
[ edit ] Books Rock art science: the scientific study of palaeoart . IFRAO-Brepols Series 1, Brepols, Turnhout 2001,ISBN 2-503-99124-6 The human condition. Springer, New York 2011,ISBN 978-1-4419-9352-6 Creating the human past. Archaeopress, Oxford 2013,ISBN 978-1-905739-63-9 (Hrsg.):The origins of modern human traits . Nova Press, New York, NY. 2013,ISBN 978-1-62257-901-3 The first mariners . Research India Press, New Delhi 2014,ISBN 978-93-5171-007-3 Myths about rock art . Archaeopress Archeology, Oxford 2016,ISBN 978-1-78491-474-5 Palaeoart of the Ice Age . Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne 2017,ISBN 978-1-4438-9517-0 Tribology in geology and archaeology . Nova Science Publishers, New York 2019ISBN 978-1-53614-909-8 The domestication of humans . Routledge, London and New York 2020,ISBN 978-0-367-89787-1 Gudenus Cave: The Earliest Humans of Austria . Archaeopress Archaeology, Oxford 2022,ISBN 978-1803273846 Articles On the cognitive development of hominids . In: Man and Environment 15(2), 1990, S. 1–7.Palaeoart and archaeological myths . In: Cambridge Archaeological Journal 2(1), 1992, 27–43.Concept-mediated marking in the Lower Palaeolithic . In: Current Anthropology 36(4), 1995, 605–634.The ‘australopithecine’ cobble from Makapansgat, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 53: 1998, 4–8.The dating of rock art: a critique . In: Journal of Archaeological Science 29(11), 2002, 1213–1233.The oldest surviving rock art: a taphonomic review . In: Origini 24, 2002, 335–349.The earliest evidence of palaeoart . In: Rock Art Research 20 (2), 2003, 89–135.Children as Pleistocene artists . In: Rock Art Research 25 (2), 2008, 173–182.The domestication of humans . In: Anthropologie 46(1), 2008, 1–17.The mythical Moderns . In: Journal of World Prehistory 21(2), 2008, 85–102.A cause of hominid behaviour . In: HOMO — Journal of Comparative Human Biology 63, 2012, 319–335; doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2012.07.004The tribology of cupules . In: Geological Magazine 152(4), 2015, S. 758–765; doi:10.1017/S0016756815000060The science of cupules . In: Archaeometry 58(6), 2016, S. 899-911; doi: 10.1111/arcm.12216Compressive-tensile rock markings . In: Geological Magazine 156(12), 2019, S. 2113-2116; doi:10.1017/S0016756819001079Archaeotribology: the interaction of surfaces in relative motion in archaeology . In: Tribology International 141; doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106198About the origins of the human ability to create constructs of reality . In: Axiomathes; doi:10.1007/s10516-021-09537-8
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