Research Catalog
Plains Indian rock art
- Title
- Plains Indian rock art / James D. Keyser and Michael A. Klassen.
- Author
- Keyser, James D.
- Publication
- Seattle : University of Washington Press ; Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, c2001.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Klassen, Michael.
- Description
- xii, 332 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- "A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-326) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction to rock art -- Dating rock art. Interpretation: Superimpositioning at a North Cave Hills site -- Interpreting rock art. Interpretation: "All kinds of spirits dwell up there" -- The area and its history. Interpretation: Medicine rocks -- Native cultures of the Northwestern Plains. Interpretation: War bridles and otter bundles -- Early hunting tradition -- Columbia Plateau tradition. Interpretation: The Kokopelli of Grotto Canyon -- Dinwoody tradition. Interpretation: Poha Kahni: where spirits live in the rocks -- En toto pecked tradition -- Pecked abstract tradition -- Foothills abstract tradition. Interpretation: Bear power, bear dreamers -- Hoofprint tradition -- Ceremonial tradition. Interpretation: Saahkomappi and the big dogs -- Biographic tradition. Interpretation: The battle scene -- Robe and ledger art tradition. Interpretation: Counting coup at Crossfield Coulee -- Vertical series tradition. Interpretation: Grooves and tallies -- Sites developed for the public -- Summary and conclusions.
- Call Number
- JGF 02-138
- ISBN
- 029598094X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0774808578 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00051178
- OCLC
- 45243237
- Author
- Keyser, James D.
- Title
- Plains Indian rock art / James D. Keyser and Michael A. Klassen.
- Imprint
- Seattle : University of Washington Press ; Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, c2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-326) and index.
- Added Author
- Klassen, Michael.
- Research Call Number
- JGF 02-138