Plains Indian Rock Art

Author : James D. Keyser,Michael A. Klassen
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295806846

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Plains Indian Rock Art by James D. Keyser,Michael A. Klassen Pdf

The Plains region that stretches from northern Colorado to southern Alberta and from the Rockies to the western Dakotas is the land of the Cheyenne and the Blackfeet, the Crow and the Sioux. Its rolling grasslands and river valleys have nurtured human cultures for thousands of years. On cave walls, glacial boulders, and riverside cliffs, native people recorded their ceremonies, vision quests, battles, and daily activities in the petroglyphs and pictographs they incised, pecked, or painted onto the stone surfaces. In this vast landscape, some rock art sites were clearly intended for communal use; others just as clearly mark the occurrence of a private spiritual encounter. Elders often used rock art, such as complex depictions of hunting, to teach traditional knowledge and skills to the young. Other sites document the medicine powers and brave deeds of famous warriors. Some Plains rock art goes back more than 5,000 years; some forms were made continuously over many centuries. Archaeologists James Keyser and Michael Klassen show us the origins, diversity, and beauty of Plains rock art. The seemingly endless variety of images include humans, animals of all kinds, weapons, masks, mazes, handprints, finger lines, geometric and abstract forms, tally marks, hoofprints, and the wavy lines and starbursts that humans universally associate with trancelike states. Plains Indian Rock Art is the ultimate guide to the art form. It covers the natural and archaeological history of the northwestern Plains; explains rock art forms, techniques, styles, terminology, and dating; and offers interpretations of images and compositions.

Author : Edward J. Lenik
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 1584651970

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Picture Rocks by Edward J. Lenik Pdf

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 : Polly Schaafsma
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : 0826309135

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Indian Rock Art of the Southwest by Polly Schaafsma Pdf

The comprehensive book on Indian petroglyphs in the Southwest.

Author : Timothy P McCleary
Publisher : Left Coast Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781629580159

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Crow Indian Rock Art by Timothy P McCleary Pdf

This absorbing volume examines cultural role of rock art for the Apsáalooke, or Crow, people of the northern Great Plains by examining collective concepts of landscape as well as shared memories of historic Crow culture.

Author : James D. Keyser,David Kaiser
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800739758

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War Stories by James D. Keyser,David Kaiser Pdf

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 : American Rock Art Research Association. Conference
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Bear Gulch Site (Mont.)
ISBN : 0976712156

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American Indian Rock Art by American Rock Art Research Association. Conference Pdf

Author : James D. Keyser
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780295806976

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Indian Rock Art of the Columbia Plateau by James D. Keyser Pdf

From the river valleys of interior British Columbia south to the hills of northern Oregon and east to the continental divide in western Montana, hundreds of cliffs and boulders display carved and painted designs created by ancient artists who inhabited this area, the Columbia Plateau, as long as seven thousand years ago. Expressing a vital social and spiritual dimension in the lives of these hunter-gathers, rock art captivates us with its evocative power and mystery. At once an irreplaceable yet fragile cultural resource, it documents Native histories, customs, and visions through thousands of years. This valuable reference and guidebook addresses basic questions of what petroglyphs and pictographs are, how they were produced, and how archaeologists classify and date them. James Keyser identifies five regions on the Columbia Plateau, each with its own variant of the rock art style identifiable as belonging exclusively to the region. He describes for each region the setting and scope of the rock art along with its design characteristics and possible meaning. Through line drawings, photographs, and detailed maps he provides a guide to the sites where rock art can be viewed. In western Montana, rock art motifs express the ritualistic seeking of a spirit helper from the natural world. In interior British Columbia, rayed arcs above the heads of human figures demonstrate possession of a guardian spirit. Twin figures on the central Columbia Plateau reveal another belief--the special power of twins--and hunting scenes celebrate success of the chase. The grimacing evocative face of Tsagiglalal, in lower Columbia pictographs, testifies to the Plateau Indians’ “death cult” response to the European diseases that decimated their villages between 1700 and 1840. On the southeastern Plateau, images of horse-back riders mark the adoption, after 1700 of the equestrian and cultural habits of the northwestern Great Plains Indians. Despite geographic differences in emphasis, similarities in design and technique link the drawings of all five regions. Human figures, animals depicting numerous species on the Plateau, geometric motifs, mysterious beings, and tally marks, whether painted or carved, appear throughout the Columbia Plateau.

Author : Linea Sundstrom
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 080613562X

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Storied Stone by Linea Sundstrom Pdf

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,Anne Mcconnell
Publisher : American Rock Art Research Association
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0988873060

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American Indian Rock Art by Ken Hedges,Anne Mcconnell Pdf

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 : Yvette La Pierre
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 1565660641

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Native American Rock Art by Yvette La Pierre Pdf

An introduction to native American art through petroglyphs and pictographs.

Author : Grant
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1983-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521254434

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Rock Art North American Indians by Grant Pdf

Author : Lawrence L. Loendorf,Christopher Chippindale,David S. Whitley
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0816524831

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Discovering North American Rock Art by Lawrence L. Loendorf,Christopher Chippindale,David S. Whitley Pdf

From the high plains of Canada to caves in the southeastern United States, images etched into and painted on stone by ancient Native Americans have aroused in observers the desire to understand their origins and meanings. Rock paintings and engravings can be found in nearly every state and province, and each region has its own distinctive story of discovery and evolving investigation of the rock art record. Rock art in the twenty-first century enjoys a large and growing popularity fueled by scholarly research and public interest alike. This book explores the history of rock art research in North America and is the only volume in the past twenty-five years to provide coverage of the subject on a continental scale. Written by contributors active in rock art research, it examines sites that provide a cross-section of regions and topics and complements existing books on rock art by offering new information, insights, and approaches to research. The first part of the volume explores different regional approaches to the study of rock art, including a set of varied responses to a single site as well as an overview of broader regional research investigations. It tells how Writing-on-Stone in southern Alberta, Canada, reflects changing thought about rock art from the 1870s to today; it describes the role of avocational archaeologists in the Mississippi Valley, where rock art styles differ on each side of the river; it explores discoveries in southwestern mountains and southeastern caves; and it integrates the investigation of cupules along GeorgiaÕs Yellow River into a full study of a site and its context. The book also compares the differences between rock art research in the United States and France: from the outset, rock art was of only marginal interest to most U.S. archaeologists, while French prehistorians considered cave art an integral part of archaeological research. The bookÕs second part is concerned with working with the images today and includes coverage of gender interests, government sponsorship, the role of amateurs in research, and chronometric studies. Much has changed in our understanding of rock art since Cotton Mather first wrote in 1714 of a strange inscription on a Massachusetts boulder, and the cutting-edge contributions in this volume tell us much about both the ancient place of these enduring images and their modern meanings. Discovering North American Rock Art distills todayÕs most authoritative knowledge of the field and is an essential volume for both specialists and hobbyists.

Author : Edward J. Lenik
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780817355098

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Making Pictures in Stone by Edward J. Lenik Pdf

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 : Ken Hedges,Mark A. Calamia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0988873044

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American Indian Rock Art by Ken Hedges,Mark A. Calamia Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Social Science
ISBN : PSU:000026629995

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Rock Art of the American Indian by Anonim Pdf