This comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on stone by
Native Americans from 200 B.C. through the nineteenth century
surveys the rock art of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, northern Mexico,
and west Texas, providing an incomparable visual record of
Southwest Indian culture, religion, and society.
Rock carvings and paintings are important sources in the
archaeological and historical interpretation of Southwest Indians.
Rock art reflects the cosmic and mythic orientation of the culture
that produced it, and understanding of prehistoric peoples, both
hunters and gatherers and the Hohokam, Anasazi, Mogollon, and
Fremont cultures, and the Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache Indians.
Culturally significant events such as the shift in prehistoric
times from spear and atlatl to the bow, or, in the historic period,
the introduction of the horse into the Southwest, are recorded in
rock art.
The illustrations--thirty-two color plates, nearly 250
photographs, and numerous line drawings--bring together in one
volume petroglyphs and rock paintings that are scattered over
thousands of miles of desert and mesa, giving the reader an
overview of Indian rock art that would be nearly impossible to
achieve in the field.
"Indian Rock Art of the Southwest" examines from an
archaeological perspective the rich legacy of stone drawings and
carvings preserved throughout the Southwest. Professional and
amateur archaeologists and historians, as well as the general
reader with an interest in Indian art, will find this volume a
valuable resource.
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