Download or read book Picture Rocks written by Edward J. Lenik and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Plains Indian Rock Art written by James D. Keyser and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Indian Rock Art of the Southwest written by Polly Schaafsma and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comprehensive book on Indian petroglyphs in the Southwest.
Download or read book American Indian Rock Art written by American Rock Art Research Association. Conference and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Pictures in Stone written by Edward J. Lenik and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Native American Rock Art written by Yvette La Pierre and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to native American art through petroglyphs and pictographs.
Download or read book American Indian Rock Art Volume 47 written by David A. Kaiser and published by American Rock Art Research Association. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Indian Rock Art, published continuously since 1975, is the country's 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 16 papers submitted for publication during the Covid-19 pandemic year of 2020, when the annual conference was cancelled. Topics cover documentation, interpretation, and technical analyses of numerous sites in the Plains and Greater Southwest regions and beyond with over 350 illustrations, most in color.
Download or read book American Indian Rock Art written by Ken Hedges and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sacred Images written by Leslie G. Kelen and published by Gibbs Smith Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty color and 15 bandw photographs utilize natural light and show Utah's prehistoric rock art images in the context of the surrounding canyons. The photos are presented with brief captions, and with the words of Ute, Paiute, Hopi, and Northwest Shoshone individuals who describe the what the art means to them personally. An introductory essay discusses the various artistic styles of native peopls of this region over a period of 8,000 years. N. Scott Momaday supplied the foreword. A lovely book. No index or references. 10x11" Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book American Indian Rock Art written by Frank Bock and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Storied Stone written by Linea Sundstrom and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book American Indian Rock Art written by David A. Kaiser (writer on rock art) and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reading Rock Art written by Grace Rajnovich and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2002-02-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 400 rock paintings adorn the Canadian Shield from Quebec, across Ontario and as far west as Saskatchewan. The pictographs are the legacy of the Algonkian-speaking Cree and Ojibway, whose roots may extend to the beginnings of human occupancy in the region almost 10,000 years ago. Archaeologist Grace Rajnovich spent fourteen years of field research uncovering a multitude of clues as to the meanings of the paintings. She has written a text which is unique in its ability to "see" the paintings from a traditional native viewpoint. Skilfully weaving the imagery, metaphors and traditions of the Cree and Ojibway, the author has recaptured the poetry and wisdom of an ancient culture. Chief Willie Wilson of the Rainy River Band considers Grace's work "innovative and original."
Download or read book American Indian Rock Art written by Ken Hedges and published by American Rock Art Research Association. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Rock Art Of Kentucky written by Fred E. CoyJr. and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock Art of Kentucky is the first comprehensive documentation of the fragile remnants of Kentucky's prehistoric Native American rock art sites. Found in twenty-two of Kentucky's counties, these sites pan a period of more than three thousand years. The most frequent design elements in Kentucky rock art are engravings of the footprints of birds, quadrupeds, and humans. Other design elements include anthropomorphs, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and abstract and geometric figures. Included in the book are stunning illustrations of the sixty confirmed sites and ten destroyed or questionable sites. In the thirty some years during which this information was collected, there has been an alarming deterioration of many of the sites. Ancient carvings have been destroyed by graffiti or have lost extensive detail because of climatic or environmental conditions, such as acid rain. Although all the Kentucky sites are officially listed on the National register of Historic Places, several no long exist or are at present inaccessible. In addition to making data available for the first time to the national and international archaeological community for further comparative and interpretive studies, Rock Art of Kentucky is also for nonspecialists interested in prehistoric Kentucky and Native American studies.
Download or read book The Rock Art of Texas Indians written by Forrest Kirkland and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In The Rock Art of Texas Indians, Kirkland's meticulous watercolor copies of this rich and diversified art are reproduced, 32 in full color, the rest in black and white. The informative and engaging text is contributed by W. W. Newcomb, Jr., former director of the Texas Memorial Museum and author of The Indians of Texas." "Those early Indians, at different times and places and in a variety of styles, carved and painted their art from Paint Rock in West Central Texas to the canyons of the Big Bend, from the Canadian River Valley in the Panhandle to the Hueco Tanks near El Paso. As the form for this art was varied, so too were the reasons for its execution. Much rock art was no doubt born of magical and religious beliefs, or served to illustrate myths, but some apparently commemorated actual events and some seems to have been only tallies or messages. Kirkland recorded it all with consummate skill, preserving for other generations, as he said he would, the often remarkable, always fascinating art of vanished people."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book American Indian Rock Art written by Ken Hedges and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
