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Autore: | Diaz-Granados Carol |
Titolo: | The Rock-Art of Eastern North America [[electronic resource] ] : Capturing Images and Insight |
Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (458 p.) |
Disciplina: | 709.011308997073 |
709/.01/1308997073 | |
Soggetto topico: | East (U.S.) -- Antiquities |
Indians of North America -- East (U.S.) -- Antiquities | |
Indians of North America - East (U.S.) - Antiquities | |
Petroglyphs - East (U.S.) | |
Petroglyphs -- East (U.S.) | |
Picture-writing -- East (U.S.) | |
Rock paintings - East (U.S.) | |
Rock paintings -- East (U.S.) | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | DuncanJames R ArsenaultDaniel McCorvieMary R LoubserJohannes H.N Diaz-GranadosCarol EdgingRichard SimekJan F AhlerSteven R WagnerMark J Coy JrFred E StanleyLori A LenikEdward J SwedlundCharles CallahanKevin L CresslerAlan Clouse SrRobert A SteinbringJack H PopeElayne IsonCecil R BoszhardtRobert NevinPaul A CharlesTommy VastokasJoan M Weeks JrWilliam Rex HeddenMark Hamilton FaulknerCharles H |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The Rock-Art of Eastern North America |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910462636603321 |
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