LEADER 03113nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910778482603321 005 20230721022748.0 010 $a0-8173-8077-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000794325 035 $a(EBL)454567 035 $a(OCoLC)609844513 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474852 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12166796 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474852 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10455227 035 $a(PQKB)10282867 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000362773 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11274712 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362773 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10386948 035 $a(PQKB)11620343 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454567 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8655 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454567 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387724 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000794325 100 $a20080410d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking pictures in stone$b[electronic resource] $eAmerican Indian rock art of the Northeast /$fEdward J. Lenik 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1629-9 311 $a0-8173-5509-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-242) and index. 327 $aAlgonquian 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. 330 $a 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 Pen 606 $aAlgonquian Indians$zNortheastern States$xAntiquities 606 $aPetroglyphs$zNortheastern States 606 $aRock paintings$zNortheastern States 606 $aPicture-writing$zNortheastern States 607 $aNortheastern States$xAntiquities 615 0$aAlgonquian Indians$xAntiquities. 615 0$aPetroglyphs 615 0$aRock paintings 615 0$aPicture-writing 676 $a709.01/13089973 700 $aLenik$b Edward J.$f1932-$01131933 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778482603321 996 $aMaking pictures in stone$93859760 997 $aUNINA