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Landscape of the Spirits - Hohokam Rock Art at South Mountain Park (Paperback)
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Landscape of the Spirits - Hohokam Rock Art at South Mountain Park (Paperback)
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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.
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