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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Keyser, James D.
Other Authors: Klassen, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press : UBC Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Great Plains > Antiquities.
Petroglyphs > Great Plains.
Rock paintings > Great Plains.
Indian art > Great Plains.
Art des Peuples autochtones > Grandes Plaines.
Peuples autochtones > Grandes Plaines > Antiquités.
Pétroglyphes > Grandes Plaines.
Peintures rupestres > Grandes Plaines.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Indian art.
Antiquities.
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Petroglyphs.
Rock paintings.
Felsbild
Plainsindianer
Great Plains > Antiquities.
Grandes Plaines > Antiquités.
Great Plains.
Plainsindianer.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to rock art
  • Dating rock art. Interpretation: Superimpositioning at a North Cave Hills site
  • Interpreting rock art. Interpretation: "All kinds of spirits dwell up there"
  • The area and its history. Interpretation: Medicine rocks
  • Native cultures of the Northwestern Plains. Interpretation: War bridles and otter bundles
  • Early hunting tradition
  • Columbia Plateau tradition. Interpretation: The Kokopelli of Grotto Canyon
  • Dinwoody tradition. Interpretation: Poha Kahni: where spirits live in the rocks
  • En toto pecked tradition
  • Pecked abstract tradition
  • Foothills abstract tradition. Interpretation: Bear power, bear dreamers
  • Hoofprint tradition
  • Ceremonial tradition. Interpretation: Saahkomappi and the big dogs
  • Biographic tradition. Interpretation: The battle scene
  • Robe and ledger art tradition. Interpretation: Counting coup at Crossfield Coulee
  • Vertical series tradition. Interpretation: Grooves and tallies
  • Sites developed for the public
  • Summary and conclusions.

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