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The Rock-Art of Eastern North America. Capturing Images and Insight.
. Ed(S): Diaz-Granados, Carol; Duncan, James R.
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Paperback. Rock-art provides a record of human activity and ideology at particular sites. This text brings together 20 papers from research at sites in eastern North America. Discussions include the history, ethnography, recording methods, dating, and analysis of the subject sites and integrate these with the known archaeological data. Editor(s): Diaz-Granados, Carol; Duncan, James R. Num Pages: 520 pages, 182 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 776.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817350963
SKU
V9780817350963
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About . Ed(S): Diaz-Granados, Carol; Duncan, James R.
Carol Diaz-Granados is Research Associate and Lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis and coauthor with James Duncan of The Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Missouri.
Reviews for The Rock-Art of Eastern North America. Capturing Images and Insight.
Anyone with an interest in rock-art must own this book! - F. Kent Reilly III, Southwest Texas State University