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Rock Art of Kentucky is the first comprehensive documentation of the fragile remnants of Kentucky's prehistoric Native American rock art sites. Found in twenty-two of Kentucky's counties, these sites pan a period of more than three thousand years. The most frequent design elements in Kentu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coy, Fred E., Jr., 1923-2014
Other Authors: Swauger, James L., Meadows, Larry G., Fuller, Thomas C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rock paintings.
Petroglyphs.
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Petroglyphes > Kentucky.
Rock paintings > Kentucky.
Petroglyphs > Kentucky.
Indians of North America > Kentucky > Antiquities.
Kentucky.
Kentucky > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Rock Art of Kentucky is the first comprehensive documentation of the fragile remnants of Kentucky's prehistoric Native American rock art sites. Found in twenty-two of Kentucky's counties, these sites pan a period of more than three thousand years. The most frequent design elements in Kentucky rock art are engravings of the footprints of birds, quadrupeds, and humans. Other design elements include anthropomorphs, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and abstract and geometric figures. Included in the book are stunning illustrations of the sixty confirmed sites and ten destroyed or questionable site.
Item Description:Little Mud Creek Pictograph Site (15JO3).
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9780813158389

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