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

• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (458 p.)
• Disciplina: 709/.01/1308997073
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - East (U.S.) - Antiquities; Petroglyphs - East (U.S.); Rock paintings - East (U.S.); Picture-writing - East (U.S.)
• Soggetto geografico: East (U.S.) Antiquities
• Altri autori: Diaz-GranadosCarol <1943-> DuncanJames Richard <1942->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The rock-art of eastern North America
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815148603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II