This introduction to the special issue of the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory devoted to Pleistocene and Holocene arts seeks to examine a number of recent developments in the study of deep-time images. We argue that, in a context marked by new technological advances, the study of what was traditionally known as ‘prehistoric art’ has been transformed into a dynamic area of research marked by four main interrelated processes: (A) the inclusion of new corpuses of images beyond traditional conceptualizations of ‘prehistoric’ art, (B) the shift from a ‘contemplative model’ (which treated images and artefacts as ‘already made art’) to a ‘construction model’ that focuses on the processes involved in the making of artwork, (C) the transition from a Eurocentric model to a worldwide paradigm, and (D) the increasing incorporation of Holocene and Indigenous arts into general discussions about ‘prehistoric’ arts.

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制作中的艺术：更新世和全新世影像研究的最新进展

介绍《考古方法与理论杂志》特刊致力于更新世和全新世的艺术试图研究深度图像研究中的一些最新进展。我们认为，在以新技术进步为标志的背景下，对传统上称为“史前艺术”的研究已转变为以四个主要相互关联过程为标志的动态研究领域：（A）纳入新的语料库图像超越了“史前”艺术的传统概念化，（B）从“沉思模型”（将图像和文物视为“现成艺术品”）向着重于构建过程的“建构模型”的转变艺术品；（C）从以欧洲为中心的模式向全球范式的转变；（D）全新世和土著艺术越来越多地纳入有关“史前”艺术的一般性讨论中。