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War Stories : Reading Plains Indian Biographic Rock Art.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keyser, James D.
- Series:
- Forced Migration ; 44
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian art--Great Plains.
- Indian art.
- Indians of North America--Wars--Great Plains.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--Antiquities.
- Petroglyphs--Great Plains.
- Petroglyphs.
- Rock paintings--Great Plains.
- Rock paintings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (502 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2023.
- Summary:
- Presented is a lexicon of imagery, conventions, and symbols used by Plains Indians to communicate their warfare and social narratives. 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.
- Contents:
- War Stories
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Vignettes
- Preface - Navigating through the Book
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Biographic Art as Picture Writing
- Chapter 2 - The Biographic Art Lexicon
- Chapter 3 - The Pictographic Dictionary
- Chapter 4 - Conventions and Connotations
- Chapter 5 - Reading the Narratives
- Appendix I - Site Names and Numbers for Figure 1.1, North and South Halves
- Appendix II - Source Materials and Site Index for Illustrations
- Appendix III - Identification of Source Materials for Figures
- Glossary
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-299-X
- 1-80073-975-3
- OCLC:
- 1369146983
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