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Painted dreams : Native American rock art / Thor Conway.
LIBRA E98.P34 C66 1993
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conway, Thor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Rock paintings--North America.
- Rock paintings.
- Picture-writing--North America.
- Picture-writing.
- North America--Antiquities.
- North America.
- Antiquities.
- Local Subjects:
- North America--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 157 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minocqua, Wis. : NorthWord Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- The mysteries of North American archaeology are at their most provocative in the rock paintings, pictographs, and petroglyphs created by Native Americans. In a brilliant examination of early cultures and their artworks, archaeologist Conway escorts readers on a guided tour of "rock art" in North America. 120 color photos.
- Contents:
- What is this gift called rock art? -Discovering images form the past. -Pigments, paintings, and carvings. -How old is rock art? -Rock of ages: how does rock art survive? -Sacred landscapes. -What is the meaning of rock art? -Warriors, mummies, and Mona Lisa. -The greatest discovery. -Voices from the past, wisdom for the future.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of the Storey Family, in memory of Dr. Bayard T. and Frances E. Storey.
- ISBN:
- 1559712139
- 9781559712132
- OCLC:
- 28066846
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