Making pictures in stone : American Indian rock art of the Northeast / Edward J. Lenik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lenik, Edward J., 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Algonquian Indians--Northeastern States--Antiquities.

Algonquian Indians.

Petroglyphs--Northeastern States.

Petroglyphs.

Rock paintings--Northeastern States.

Rock paintings.

Picture-writing--Northeastern States.

Picture-writing.

Northeastern States--Antiquities.

Northeastern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Pen

Contents:

Algonquian people in the northeast

Ezra Stiles : pioneer rock art researcher in eighteenth-century New England

Culturally altered trees

Nonportable rock art sites

Landscapes in myths and legends

Portable rock art

Pendants and gorgets

Decorated tablets, pebbles, and cobbles

Sculpted heads and effigy faces

Decorated stone tools

Nonutilitarian effigy stones

Dreams, visions, and signs.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-242) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8077-9

OCLC:

609844513