Promontory Press, 1967. First. Hardcover. Tightly bound burnt umber cloth covered hardcover with black lettering to spine in a good dust jacket. Dust jacket has a ¾ inch closed tear near the top of the front cover and is price clipped. Dust jacket has been placed in a protective clear cover. 4to. (10 x 1 x 9 inches). Clean text free of marks or underling. Decorative endpapers. Color and b&w photos and illustrations. Includes maps, conclusions, notes, suggest reading, bibliography and an index. 178 pp.

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ISBN: 9780883940266

This lavishly illustrated volume is the first overall survey of Indian rock art in America. In sixteen pages of color reproductions and 150 superb black-and-white photography and drawings, it presents an extraordinary variety of subjects, styles, and techniques. Rock Art of the American Indian, a comprehensive and handsome treatment of an intriguing subject, it will be welcomed by aficionados of art, anthropology, archaeology, and early Americana, and by travelers and vacationers in search of the unusual.

The text identifies motifs and their probable meanings, correlates them with regional and tribal cults and migrations, and locates the major sites of rock art throughout the continent. The author himself has visited most to the sites he describes, photographing, copying, and taking notes during a 12,000 mile journey. He has reviewed and condensed all the literature about Indian rock art, tells how it is dated, and describes the best ways of recording and preserving it.

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