The High Rock Petroglyph

Author : Alan Cornette
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781514230756
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The High Rock Petroglyph written by Alan Cornette and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The High Rock Petroglyph (rock art) makes a good case for the theory that the Maya/Aztec cultures of Central America DID make pre-European contact with North American peoples. The Red River Gorge area in Kentucky was one of the last places of refuge for some North American indigenous people, and there is a reality that individuals mentally protect and preserve their spiritual needs, accompanied by physical paraphernalia, ritual, and ceremony. The High Rock Petroglyph with its carved image of a "religious leader," and the accompanying evidence of a skull carving and Weeping Eye symbol discovered in a near-by rock shelter, are perhaps the last remnants of a disappearing culture, artifacts of their spiritual needs, and the last of the indigenous ones to occupy the gorge area. Migrating people from Central America between 900AD and 1500AD contributed to the blossoming Mississippian cultures that spread along the southern North American shores, and into the river systems of mid-America. The Southern Death Cult, presumably originating with the Moundville, Alabama culture, exhibits artifacts and paraphernalia suggesting the distribution and influence of Central American people on the developing, North American cultures after the collapse of the Maya Classic period. Alan Cornette's artistic vision illuminates a subject that has all too long been neglected.

Author : Fred E. CoyJr.
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813158389
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock Art Of Kentucky written by Fred E. CoyJr. and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock Art of Kentucky is the first comprehensive documentation of the fragile remnants of Kentucky's prehistoric Native American rock art sites. Found in twenty-two of Kentucky's counties, these sites pan a period of more than three thousand years. The most frequent design elements in Kentucky rock art are engravings of the footprints of birds, quadrupeds, and humans. Other design elements include anthropomorphs, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and abstract and geometric figures. Included in the book are stunning illustrations of the sixty confirmed sites and ten destroyed or questionable sites. In the thirty some years during which this information was collected, there has been an alarming deterioration of many of the sites. Ancient carvings have been destroyed by graffiti or have lost extensive detail because of climatic or environmental conditions, such as acid rain. Although all the Kentucky sites are officially listed on the National register of Historic Places, several no long exist or are at present inaccessible. In addition to making data available for the first time to the national and international archaeological community for further comparative and interpretive studies, Rock Art of Kentucky is also for nonspecialists interested in prehistoric Kentucky and Native American studies.

Author : Todd W. Bostwick
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816521845
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Landscape of the Spirits written by Todd W. Bostwick and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High above the noise and traffic of metropolitan Phoenix, Native American rock art offers mute testimony that another civilization once thrived in the Arizona desert. In the city's South Mountains, prehispanic peoples pecked thousands of images into the mountains' boulders and outcroppings—images that today's hikers can encounter with every bend in the trail. Todd Bostwick, an archaeologist who has studied the Hohokam for more than twenty years, and Peter Krocek, a professional photographer with a passion for archaeology, have combed the South Mountains to locate nearly all of the ancient petroglyphs found in the canyons and ridges. Their years of learning the landscape and investigating the ancient designs have resulted in a book that explores this wealth of prehistoric rock art within its natural and cultural contexts, revealing what these carvings might mean, how they got there, and when they were made. Landscape of the Spirits is the first book to cover these ancient images and is one of the most comprehensive treatments of a rock art location ever published. It conveys the range of different rock art elements and compositions found in the South Mountains—animals, humans, and geometric shapes, as well as celestial and calendrical markings at key sites—through accurate descriptions, drawings, and photographs. Interpretations of the petroglyphs are based on Native American ethnographic accounts and consider the most recent theories concerning shamanism and archaeoastronomy. Written in a simple and accessible style, Landscape of the Spirits is an indispensable volume for anyone exploring the South Mountains, and for rock art enthusiasts everywhere who wish to broaden their understanding of the prehistoric world. It is both an authoritative overview of these ancient wonders and an unprecedented benchmark in southwestern rock art research at a single geographic location.

Author : Lawrence L Loendorf
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315416727
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thunder and Herds written by Lawrence L Loendorf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first summary and synthesis of the rock art of the American High Plains, from Archaic times to the historic period. Even more, it presents an engaging combination of Plains archaeology, rock art sites, and holistic archaeological research. This refreshing approach to rock art studies reminds us that archaeologists glean information from the whole site and everything that may have occurred there, rather than simply focusing on the images on stone. Clues to understanding rock art can be found in other images, in associated artifacts, and in ethnographic analogy. Archaeologists are shown how rock art integrates with other materials available for study. With each page, the reader will be engaged in a compelling, and comprehensive story that focuses equally on the art and the archaeology of the prehistoric plains.

Author : JoAnne Van Tilburg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Church Rock Petroglyph Site written by JoAnne Van Tilburg and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Yvette La Pierre
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781565660649
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native American Rock Art written by Yvette La Pierre and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to native American art through petroglyphs and pictographs.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Rafael Western Legacy District, and the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tommy Charles
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611172128
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovering South Carolina's Rock Art written by Tommy Charles and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An adventure tale of archaeological research, discovery, and preservation in the South Carolina upcountry. For years Tommy Charles searched South Carolina's upcountry for examples of ancient rock art carvings and paintings, efforts conducted on behalf of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA). As SCIAA's collections coordinator, Charles amassed considerable field experience in both prehistoric and historic archaeology and had firsthand involvement in cataloging sixty-four sites of South Carolina rock art. Charles chronicles his adventures in exploration and preservation in Discovering South Carolina's Rock Art. Although Native American rock art is common in the western United States and even at many sites east of the Mississippi, it was believed to be almost nonexistent in South Carolina until the 1980s, when several randomly discovered petroglyphs were reported in the upstate. These discoveries set in motion the first organized endeavor to identify and document these ancient examples of human expression in South Carolina. Over the ensuing years, and assisted by a host of volunteers and avocational collectors, Charles scoured the Piedmont and mountains of South Carolina in search of additional rock art. Frustrated by the inability to find these elusive artifacts, many of which are eroded almost beyond visibility, Charles began employing methods still considered unorthodox by current scientific standards for archaeological research to assist with his search and documentation. Survey efforts led to the discovery of rock art created by Native Americans and Europeans. Of particular interest are the many circle-and-line petroglyphs the survey found in South Carolina. Seeking a reason for this repetitive symbol, Charles's investigation into these finds led to the discovery that similar motifs had been identified along the Appalachian Mountains from Alabama to New York, as well as in the American Southwest and Western Europe. This engrossing account of the search for South Carolina's rock art brings awareness to the precarious state of these artifacts, threatened not only by natural attrition but also by human activities. Charles argues that, if left unprotected, rock art is ultimately doomed to exist only in our historical records.

Author : Edward J. Lenik
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584651970
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picture Rocks written by Edward J. Lenik and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located along rivers, at the edges of lakes, on mountain boulders, in rock shelters, on rock ledges where the continent meets the ocean, and tucked into parks and public places, American Indian rock art offers tantilizing glimpses of the signs and symbols of a Native American culture. Picture Rocks documents all known permanent petroglyph and pictograph sites from the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the six New England states, New York, and New Jersey. Some sites are subject to disputes over their origins—Indian or Portuguese? Some are ancient, and others, such as the work of the Mi’kmaq, were executed in the past 200 years. Many of these sites are little known; others, like those at Bellows Falls, Vermont, are sources of great local pride and appear on city walking tours. Interspersing his own interpretations with comments from scholars and Native American storytellers, Edward J. Lenik provides a definitive look at an extraordinary art form. Two hundred illustrations include historic sketches by early Euro-American colonists, nineteenth-century photographs, and recent photographs and drawings of the current conditions of many sites.

Author : Angus R. Quinlan
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874177189
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Basin Rock Art written by Angus R. Quinlan and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock art is one of humankind’s most ancient forms of artistic expression, and one of its most enigmatic. For centuries, scholars and other observers have struggled to interpret the meaning of the mysterious figures incised or painted on natural rocks and to understand their role in the lives of their long-vanished creators. The Great Basin of the American West is especially rich in rock art, but until recently North American archaeologists have largely ignored these most visible monuments left by early Native Americans and have given little attention to the terrain surrounding them. In Great Basin Rock Art, twelve respected rock art researchers examine a number of significant sites from the dual perspectives of settlement archaeology and contemporary Native American interpretations of the role of rock art in their cultural past. The authors demonstrate how modern archaeological methodology and interpretations are providing a rich physical and cultural context for these ancient and hitherto puzzling artifacts. They offer exciting new insights into the lives of North America’s first inhabitants. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the petroglyphs of the American West and in the history of the Great Basin and its original peoples.