Author: Julian Haynes StewardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Petroglyphs of the United States
Author: Julian Haynes StewardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Petroglyphs of the United States
Author: Julian H. StewardPublisher:
ISBN: 9780846640646
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Rock-Art of Eastern North America
Author: Carol Diaz-GranadosPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817350969
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in twelve states and four Canadian provinces In archaeology, rock-art—any long-lasting marking made on a natural surface—is similar to material culture (pottery and tools) because it provides a record of human activity and ideology at that site. Petroglyphs, pictographs, and dendroglyphs (tree carvings) have been discovered and recorded throughout the eastern woodlands of North America on boulders, bluffs, and trees, in caves and in rock shelters. These cultural remnants scattered on the landscape can tell us much about the belief systems of the inhabitants that left them behind. The Rock-Art of Eastern North America brings together 20 papers from recent research at sites in eastern North America, where humidity and the actions of weather, including acid rain, can be very damaging over time. Contributors to this volume range from professional archaeologists and art historians to avocational archaeologists, including a surgeon, a lawyer, two photographers, and an aerospace engineer. They present information, drawings, and photographs of sites ranging from the Seven Sacred Stones in Iowa to the Bald Friar Petroglyphs of Maryland and from the Lincoln Rise Site in Tennessee to the Nisula Site in Quebec. Discussions of the significance of artist gender, the relationship of rock-art to mortuary caves, and the suggestive link to the peopling of the continent are particularly notable contributions. Discussions include the history, ethnography, recording methods, dating, and analysis of the subject sites and integrate these with the known archaeological data.
The Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Missouri
Author: Carol Diaz-GranadosPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817309888
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
This comprehensive guide to the rock art of Missouri presents major design motifs and links those images to Native American beliefs.
Petroglyphs
Author: Publisher: Treasure Chest Books
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book is an enticing introduction to this unique art form, its range, diversity and location as well as a record of many sites that are endangered or damaged or have recently been destroyed. As destruction by both vandals and the bulldozer continues, it is the author's hope that this book will bring greater public awareness to a fragile and irreplaceable heritage.
Petroglyphs of the United States
Author: Julian Haynes StewardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroglyphs
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
The Jeffers Petroglyphs
Author: Kevin L. CallahanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780970448217
Category : Cottonwood County (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
The Jeffers Petroglyphs Site is one of the oldest and largest surviving concentrations of Native American rock art in the Upper Midwest of the United States. The rock face of this site is covered with representations of animals, humans, dream symbols, hunting and warfare motifs, shamanic symbols, mythic figures, geometric forms, and other subjects. In this book, Kevin Callahan offers readers a well-rounded survey and analysis of the site. He has geared his text for both the general rock art enthusiast as well as the scholar, dividing it into sections on Native American belief systems, motifs and symbols depicted at the site, analysis of the images, as well as a "Frequently Asked Questions" section. The book contains numerous drawings and photographs and a large removable map that can be used as a walking guide for site visitors.
Discovering South Carolina's Rock Art
Author: Tommy CharlesPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1611172128
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
An adventure tale of archaeological research, discovery, and preservation in the South Carolina upcountry. For years Tommy Charles searched South Carolina's upcountry for examples of ancient rock art carvings and paintings, efforts conducted on behalf of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA). As SCIAA's collections coordinator, Charles amassed considerable field experience in both prehistoric and historic archaeology and had firsthand involvement in cataloging sixty-four sites of South Carolina rock art. Charles chronicles his adventures in exploration and preservation in Discovering South Carolina's Rock Art. Although Native American rock art is common in the western United States and even at many sites east of the Mississippi, it was believed to be almost nonexistent in South Carolina until the 1980s, when several randomly discovered petroglyphs were reported in the upstate. These discoveries set in motion the first organized endeavor to identify and document these ancient examples of human expression in South Carolina. Over the ensuing years, and assisted by a host of volunteers and avocational collectors, Charles scoured the Piedmont and mountains of South Carolina in search of additional rock art. Frustrated by the inability to find these elusive artifacts, many of which are eroded almost beyond visibility, Charles began employing methods still considered unorthodox by current scientific standards for archaeological research to assist with his search and documentation. Survey efforts led to the discovery of rock art created by Native Americans and Europeans. Of particular interest are the many circle-and-line petroglyphs the survey found in South Carolina. Seeking a reason for this repetitive symbol, Charles's investigation into these finds led to the discovery that similar motifs had been identified along the Appalachian Mountains from Alabama to New York, as well as in the American Southwest and Western Europe. This engrossing account of the search for South Carolina's rock art brings awareness to the precarious state of these artifacts, threatened not only by natural attrition but also by human activities. Charles argues that, if left unprotected, rock art is ultimately doomed to exist only in our historical records.
Native American Rock Art
Author: Yvette La PierrePublisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 9781565660649
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An introduction to native American art through petroglyphs and pictographs.
A Guide to Rock Art Sites
Author: David S. WhitleyPublisher: Mountain Press Publishing
ISBN: 9780878423323
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This unique full-color field guide is essential for anyone who seeks to understand why shamans in the Far West created rock art and what they sought to depict. Whitley is on the cutting edge of dating and interpreting the images as well as describing the