Rounds out Edward J. Lenik's comprehensive and expert study of the
rock art of northeastern Native Americans Decorated stone artifacts
are a significant part of archaeological studies of Native
Americans in the Northeast. The artifacts illuminated in Amulets,
Effigies, Fetishes, and Charms: Native American Artifacts and
Spirit Stones from the Northeast include pecked, sculpted, or
incised figures, images, or symbols. These are rendered on pebbles,
plaques, pendants, axes, pestles, and atlatl weights, and are of
varying sizes, shapes, and designs. Lenik draws from Indian myths
and legends and incorporates data from ethnohistoric and
archaeological sources together with local environmental settings
in an attempt to interpret the iconography of these fascinating
relics. For the Algonquian and Iroquois peoples, they reflect
identity, status, and social relationships with other Indians as
well as beings in the spirit world. Lenik begins with background on
the Indian cultures of the Northeast and includes a discussion of
the dating system developed by anthropologists to describe
prehistory. The heart of the content comprises more than eighty
examples of portable rock art, grouped by recurring design motifs.
This organization allows for in-depth analysis of each motif. The
motifs examined range from people, animals, fish, and insects to
geometric and abstract designs. Information for each object is
presented in succinct prose, with a description, illustration,
possible interpretation, the story of its discovery, and the
location where it is now housed. Lenik also offers insight into the
culture and lifestyle of the Native American groups represented. An
appendix listing places to see and learn more about the artifacts
and a glossary are included. The material in this book, used in
conjunction with Lenik's previous research, offers a reference for
virtually every known example of northeastern rock art.
Archaeologists, students, and connoisseurs of Indian artistic
expression will find this an invaluable work.
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