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The rock-art of eastern North America : capturing images and insight / edited by Carol Diaz-Granados and James R. Duncan.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--East (U.S.)--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Petroglyphs--East (U.S.).
- Petroglyphs.
- Rock paintings--East (U.S.).
- Rock paintings.
- Picture-writing--East (U.S.).
- Picture-writing.
- East (U.S.)--Antiquities.
- East (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (458 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in 12 states and 4 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 m
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; DENDROGLY PHS; ETHNOGRAPHY; PATTERNING OF SITES AND MOTIFS; GENDER; SURVEY, RECORDING, CONSERVATION,AND MANAGEMENT; HISTORIC; DATING METHODS; References Cited; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-405) and index.
- OCLC:
- 650060129
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