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Images in Stone: Petroglyphs and Photographs

Polly Schaafsma

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Two hundred color photographs by David Muench show rock paintings and petroglyphs in the arid regions of western North America, extending from Baja California north to Washington and from Wyoming west to California. The photographs are organized into ten geographically-based styles. Anthropologist Polly Schaafsma describes the cultural and physical context of each of these stylistic traditions, which range in age from six thousand years ago to the historic era.

Pages: 191

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Browntrout Publishers

Release: September 30, 1998

ISBN: 156313442X

ISBN 13: 9781563134425

Images in Stone: Petroglyphs and Photographs

Polly Schaafsma

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Two hundred color photographs by David Muench show rock paintings and petroglyphs in the arid regions of western North America, extending from Baja California north to Washington and from Wyoming west to California. The photographs are organized into ten geographically-based styles. Anthropologist Polly Schaafsma describes the cultural and physical context of each of these stylistic traditions, which range in age from six thousand years ago to the historic era.

Pages: 191

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Browntrout Publishers

Release: September 30, 1998

ISBN: 156313442X

ISBN 13: 9781563134425

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