The Rock-Art of Eastern North America Capturing Images and Insight
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor] |
| Description | 456 p. ill 09.250 x 06.130 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Diaz-Granados,Carol 1943- Contribution by Editor |
| Other author/creator | Duncan,James R. 1942- Contribution by Editor |
| Other author/creator | Cressler,Alan Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | Coy,Fred E. Jr. Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | Ahler,Steven R. Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | Arsenault,Daniel Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | Boszhardt,Robert F. Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | Callahan,Kevin L. Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | Charles,Tommy Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | Clouse,Robert A. Sr. Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | Edging,Richard Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | Lenik,Edward J. Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | Loubser,Johannes H. N. Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | McCorvie,Mary R. Contribution by |
| Other author/creator | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Summary | Annotation 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 much about the belief systems of the inhabitants that left them behind. "The Rock-Art of Eastern North America brings together 20 papers from recent research at sites in eastern North America, where humidity and the actions of weather, including acid rain, can be very damaging over time. Contributors to this volume range from professional archaeologists and art historians to avocational archaeologists, including a surgeon, a lawyer, two photographers, and an aerospace engineer. They present information, drawings, and photographs of sites ranging from the Seven Sacred Stones in Iowa to the Bald Friar Petroglyphs of Maryland and from the Lincoln Rise Site in Tennessee to the Nisula Site in Quebec. Discussions of the significance of artist gender, the relationship of rock-art to mortuary caves, and the suggestive link to the peopling of the continent are particularly notable contributions. Discussions include the history, ethnography, recording methods, dating, and analysis of the subject sites and integrate these with the known archaeological data. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004005273 |
| ISBN | 9780817313944 |
| ISBN | 081731394X (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780817313944 |
| Stock number | 00027072 |
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