[PDF] Plains Indian Rock Art eBook

Author : James D. Keyser
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780295980942

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Archaeologist Keyser and Klassen share with readers the origins, diversity, and beauty of Plains rock art, with the hope of encouraging greater awareness and respect for this cultural tradition by society as a whole. Their guide covers the natural and archaeological history of the northwestern Plains; explains rock art forms, techniques, styles, terminology and dating; and suggests interpretations of images and compositions. The text is illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos, maps and drawings. The writing is serious, but accessible to the general reader. c. Book News Inc.

Author : Polly Schaafsma
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 35,39 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780826309136

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The comprehensive book on Indian petroglyphs in the Southwest.

Author : Edward J. Lenik
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 12,73 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781584651970

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Located along rivers, at the edges of lakes, on mountain boulders, in rock shelters, on rock ledges where the continent meets the ocean, and tucked into parks and public places, American Indian rock art offers tantilizing glimpses of the signs and symbols of a Native American culture. Picture Rocks documents all known permanent petroglyph and pictograph sites from the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the six New England states, New York, and New Jersey. Some sites are subject to disputes over their origins—Indian or Portuguese? Some are ancient, and others, such as the work of the Mi’kmaq, were executed in the past 200 years. Many of these sites are little known; others, like those at Bellows Falls, Vermont, are sources of great local pride and appear on city walking tours. Interspersing his own interpretations with comments from scholars and Native American storytellers, Edward J. Lenik provides a definitive look at an extraordinary art form. Two hundred illustrations include historic sketches by early Euro-American colonists, nineteenth-century photographs, and recent photographs and drawings of the current conditions of many sites.

Author : James D. Keyser
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1800739753

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Plains Indian biographic rock art can be “read” by those knowledgeable in its lexicon. Presented is a lexicon of imagery, conventions, and symbols used by Plains Indians to communicate their warfare and social narratives. The reader is introduced to Plains Indian “warrior” art in all media, biographic art as picture writing is explained, and the lexicon is described, providing a pictographic “dictionary,” and explains conventions and connotations. Finally, it illustrates four key examples of how these narratives are read by the observer. Familiarity with the lexicon will enable interested scholars and laypersons to understand what are otherwise enigmatic rock art drawings found from Calgary, Alberta through ten U.S. states, and into the Mexican state of Coahuila.

Author : Edward J. Lenik
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 081735509X

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A full range of rock art appearances, including dendroglyphs, pictographs, and a selection of portable rock objects The Indians of northeastern North America are known to us primarily through reports and descriptions written by European explorers, clergy, and settlers, and through archaeological evidence. An additional invaluable source of information is the interpretation of rock art images and their relationship to native peoples for recording practical matters or information, as expressions of their legends and spiritual traditions, or as simple doodling or graffiti. The images in this book connect us directly to the Indian peoples of the Northeast, mainly Algonkian tribes inhabiting eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland and the lower Potomac River Valley, New York, New Jersey, the six New EnglandStates, and Atlantic Canada. Lenik provides a full range of rock art appearances in the study area, including some dendroglyphs, pictographs, and a selection of portable rock objects. By providing a full analysis and synthesis of the data, including the types and distribution of the glyphs, and interpretations of their meaning to the native peoples, Lenik reveals a wealth of new information on the culture and lifeways of the Indians of the Northeast.

Author : Linea Sundstrom
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,32 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806135960

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Provides a look at the history of the Black Hills country over the last ten thousand years through rock art, which illustrates the rich oral traditions, religious beliefs, and sacred places of the Lakota, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Mandan, and Hidatsa Indians who once lived there. Original

Author : Ken Hedges
Publisher : American Rock Art Research Association
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,77 MB
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780988873063

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American Indian Rock Art, published continuously since 1975, is the countrys premier series of volumes dedicated to research on rock art as presented at the annual Conferences of the American Rock Art Research Association (ARARA). This volume contains 12 papers presented at the 2018 Conference in Grand Junction, Colorado, and two papers submitted independently, with topics as varied as Biographic rock art of the Plains Indians, petroglyphs of human hands in southeast New England, dating red linear rock paintings of the Guadalupe Mountains, an overview of rock art in the Lower Pecos region, continuity in petroglyphs of southern Arizona, labyrinth glyphs of the American Southwest, and a close look at Utahs Great Gallery.

Author : Linea Sundstrom
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 39,72 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806135625

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Provides a look at the history of the Black Hills country over the last ten thousand years through rock art, which illustrates the rich oral traditions, religious beliefs, and sacred places of the Lakota, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Mandan, and Hidatsa Indians who once lived there. Original

Author : Yvette La Pierre
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 9781565660649

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An introduction to native American art through petroglyphs and pictographs.