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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815148603321

Titolo

The rock-art of eastern North America : capturing images and insight / / edited by Carol Diaz-Granados and James R. Duncan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2004

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (458 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Diaz-GranadosCarol <1943->

DuncanJames Richard <1942->

Disciplina

709/.01/1308997073

Soggetti

Indians of North America - East (U.S.) - Antiquities

Petroglyphs - East (U.S.)

Rock paintings - East (U.S.)

Picture-writing - East (U.S.)

East (U.S.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-405) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; DENDROGLY PHS; ETHNOGRAPHY; PATTERNING OF SITES AND MOTIFS; GENDER; SURVEY, RECORDING, CONSERVATION,AND MANAGEMENT; HISTORIC; DATING METHODS; References Cited; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in 12 states and 4 Canadian provinces.  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 m