03147nam 2200685 a 450 991045478530332120200520144314.00-8173-8077-9(CKB)1000000000794325(EBL)454567(OCoLC)609844513(SSID)ssj0000474852(PQKBManifestationID)12166796(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474852(PQKBWorkID)10455227(PQKB)10282867(SSID)ssj0000362773(PQKBManifestationID)11274712(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362773(PQKBWorkID)10386948(PQKB)11620343(MiAaPQ)EBC454567(MdBmJHUP)muse8655(Au-PeEL)EBL454567(CaPaEBR)ebr10387724(EXLCZ)99100000000079432520080410d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking pictures in stone[electronic resource] American Indian rock art of the Northeast /Edward J. LenikTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20091 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1629-9 0-8173-5509-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-242) and index.Algonquian people in the northeast -- Ezra Stiles : pioneer rock art researcher in eighteenth-century New England -- Culturally altered trees -- Nonportable rock art sites -- Landscapes in myths and legends -- Portable rock art -- Pendants and gorgets -- Decorated tablets, pebbles, and cobbles -- Sculpted heads and effigy faces -- Decorated stone tools -- Nonutilitarian effigy stones -- Dreams, visions, and signs. The Indians of northeastern North America are known to us primarily through reports and descriptions written by European explorers, clergy, and settlers, and through archaeological evidence. An additional invaluable source of information is the interpretation of rock art images and their relationship to native peoples for recording practical matters or information, as expressions of their legends and spiritual traditions, or as simple doodling or graffiti. The images in this book connect us directly to the Indian peoples of the Northeast, mainly Algonkian tribes inhabiting eastern PenAlgonquian IndiansNortheastern StatesAntiquitiesPetroglyphsNortheastern StatesRock paintingsNortheastern StatesPicture-writingNortheastern StatesNortheastern StatesAntiquitiesElectronic books.Algonquian IndiansAntiquities.PetroglyphsRock paintingsPicture-writing709.01/13089973Lenik Edward J.1932-1039522MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454785303321Making pictures in stone2492153UNINA