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Rock Art Of Kentucky
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Author : Fred E. CoyJr.
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-10-17
Rock Art Of Kentucky written by Fred E. CoyJr. and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-17 with History categories.
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.
Rock Art Of Kentucky
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Author : Fred E. Coy, Jr., Thomas C. Fuller, Larry G. Meadows, James F. Swauger
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 1997
Rock Art Of Kentucky written by Fred E. Coy, Jr., Thomas C. Fuller, Larry G. Meadows, James F. Swauger and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
" Following the Japanese invasion of the islands in 1942, North Luzon was the staging area for several Filipino-American guerrilla bands who sought to gather intelligence and to destroy enemy military installations or supplies. Bernard Norling focuses on the Cagayan-Apayao Forces, or CAF, commanded by Maj. Ralph Praeger. Their bravery was unquestionable, but by September 1943 all but one member of Troop C had been claimed by combat, enemy capture, or disease. The only survivor, Capt. Thomas S. Jones, remembered, ""Defeat is a terrible thing. . . . It brings down with it the whole structure about which a nation or an army has been built. It subjects men to the most severe of moral tests at a time when they are physically least able to meet them."" Based primarily upon unpublished sources, The Intrepid Guerrillas of North Luzon includes the diary of Praeger's executive officer, Jones, and draws on transcripts of radio communications between Praeger and General MacArthur's headquarters in Australia. The struggles of the men of the CAF tell a harrowing tale of valor, determination, and occasional successes mixed with the wildcat schemes, rivalries, mistrust, and betrayals that characterized the intramural relations of guerrilla forces all over the Pacific islands.
The Rock Art Of Eastern North America
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Author : Carol Diaz-Granados
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2004-11-28
The Rock Art Of Eastern North America written by Carol Diaz-Granados and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-28 with Art categories.
Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in twelve states and four 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 much about the belief systems of the inhabitants that left them behind. The Rock-Art of Eastern North America brings together 20 papers from recent research at sites in eastern North America, where humidity and the actions of weather, including acid rain, can be very damaging over time. Contributors to this volume range from professional archaeologists and art historians to avocational archaeologists, including a surgeon, a lawyer, two photographers, and an aerospace engineer. They present information, drawings, and photographs of sites ranging from the Seven Sacred Stones in Iowa to the Bald Friar Petroglyphs of Maryland and from the Lincoln Rise Site in Tennessee to the Nisula Site in Quebec. Discussions of the significance of artist gender, the relationship of rock-art to mortuary caves, and the suggestive link to the peopling of the continent are particularly notable contributions. Discussions include the history, ethnography, recording methods, dating, and analysis of the subject sites and integrate these with the known archaeological data.
The High Rock Petroglyph
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Author : Alan Cornette
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-06-04
The High Rock Petroglyph written by Alan Cornette and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-04 with Cave paintings categories.
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.
Discovering South Carolina S Rock Art
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Author : Tommy Charles
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2012-08-31
Discovering South Carolina S Rock Art written by Tommy Charles and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-31 with Social Science categories.
For years Tommy Charles scoured 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.
Sandstone Chronicles
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Author : Alan K. Cornette
language : en
Publisher: Earth Macrovision Incorporated
Release Date : 2005
Sandstone Chronicles written by Alan K. Cornette and has been published by Earth Macrovision Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Cave paintings categories.
Plains Indian Rock Art
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Author : James D. Keyser
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2016-06-01
Plains Indian Rock Art written by James D. Keyser and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-01 with Social Science categories.
The Plains region that stretches from northern Colorado to southern Alberta and from the Rockies to the western Dakotas is the land of the Cheyenne and the Blackfeet, the Crow and the Sioux. Its rolling grasslands and river valleys have nurtured human cultures for thousands of years. On cave walls, glacial boulders, and riverside cliffs, native people recorded their ceremonies, vision quests, battles, and daily activities in the petroglyphs and pictographs they incised, pecked, or painted onto the stone surfaces. In this vast landscape, some rock art sites were clearly intended for communal use; others just as clearly mark the occurrence of a private spiritual encounter. Elders often used rock art, such as complex depictions of hunting, to teach traditional knowledge and skills to the young. Other sites document the medicine powers and brave deeds of famous warriors. Some Plains rock art goes back more than 5,000 years; some forms were made continuously over many centuries. Archaeologists James Keyser and Michael Klassen show us the origins, diversity, and beauty of Plains rock art. The seemingly endless variety of images include humans, animals of all kinds, weapons, masks, mazes, handprints, finger lines, geometric and abstract forms, tally marks, hoofprints, and the wavy lines and starbursts that humans universally associate with trancelike states. Plains Indian Rock Art is the ultimate guide to the art form. It covers the natural and archaeological history of the northwestern Plains; explains rock art forms, techniques, styles, terminology, and dating; and offers interpretations of images and compositions.
Picture Rocks
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Author : Edward J. Lenik
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 2002
Picture Rocks written by Edward J. Lenik and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art categories.
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.
Handbook Of Rock Art Research
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Author : David S. Whitley
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2001
Handbook Of Rock Art Research written by David S. Whitley and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
While there has always been a large public interest in ancient pictures painted or carved on stone, the archaeological study of rock art is in its infancy. But intensive amounts of research has revolutionized this field in the past decade. New methods of dating and analysis help to pinpoint the makers of these beautiful images, new interpretive models help us understand this art in relation to culture. Identification, conservation and management of rock art sites have become major issues in historical preservation worldwide. And the number of archaeologically attested sites has mushroomed. In this handbook, the leading researchers in the rock art area provide cogent, state-of-the-art summaries of the technical, interpretive, and regional advances in rock art research. The book offers a comprehensive, basic reference of current information on key topics over six continents for archaeologists, anthropologists, art historians, and rock art enthusiasts.
Cave Art And Climate Change
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Author : Kieran D. O’Hara
language : en
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Release Date : 2014-10-03
Cave Art And Climate Change written by Kieran D. O’Hara and has been published by Archway Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-03 with Science categories.
French and Spanish Upper Paleolithic cave art was drawn forty thousand to eleven thousand years ago, and it was motivated by climate change. Kieran D. O'Hara, a geologist and professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky, explains why we know that to be true in this groundbreaking book. His goal isn't to explore the meaning of cave art but to show why it was done. While many scholars argue that the art depicted in these caves don't depict the animals of that period, O'Hara argues just the opposite - putting forth the controversial theory that the cave paintings accurately reflect the climate and animals that existed alongside the artists. For far too long, cave art specialists have incorrectly concluded that cave art doesn't match up with the reality of life at the time because they've been comparing archaeological bone remains with cave imagery of a different age. Paleolithic people survived through the most severe swings in climate this planet has experienced in the past two million years, and it was a major factor in what cave artists depicted. Examine the facts, and discover a new interpretation with Cave Art and Climate Change.