Making pictures in stone : American Indian rock art of the Northeast /

Making pictures in stone : American Indian rock art of the Northeast /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lenik, Edward J., 1932-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Algonquian Indians > Northeastern States > Antiquities.
Petroglyphs > Northeastern States.
Rock paintings > Northeastern States.
Picture-writing > Northeastern States.
Northeastern States > Antiquities.
Table of Contents:
  • Algonquian people in the northeast
  • Ezra Stiles : pioneer rock art researcher in eighteenth-century New England
  • Culturally altered trees
  • Nonportable rock art sites
  • Landscapes in myths and legends
  • Portable rock art
  • Pendants and gorgets
  • Decorated tablets, pebbles, and cobbles
  • Sculpted heads and effigy faces
  • Decorated stone tools
  • Nonutilitarian effigy stones
  • Dreams, visions, and signs.