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This is the first specifically designed key to the interpretation of American rock art. Interest in the subject has grown significantly among professional archaeologists and informed lay persons in recent years, but the purpose and meaning that the intriguing symbols had for their creators remain a mystery. Although the significance of the symbols will never be known for certain, educated guesses can be made. The Field Guide brings together 600 commentaries on specific symbols by over one hundred archaeologists, anthropologists, researchers, and Native American informants. Intended to be used in the field, as well as a reference, the book includes a pictorial key at the beginning and is organized by tentative meaning or by description. The reader can easily find the one or several of the 500 illustrations that most closely match the symbol in question. Patterson emphasizes the tentative nature of the interpretations and has included an index by neutral archaeological description as well as complete documentation of every excerpted comment. The range of the book is from the northern states of Mexico to Utah and from California to Colorado.

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A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCK ART SYMBOLS of the Greater Southwest ALEX - photo 1
A FIELD GUIDE TO
ROCK ART SYMBOLS
of the Greater Southwest
ALEX PATTERSON
Johnson Books: Boulder

title:A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest
author:Patterson, Alex.
publisher:Johnson Books
isbn10 | asin:1555660916
print isbn13:9781555660918
ebook isbn13:9780585024950
language:English
subjectIndians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities--Guidebooks, Rock paintings--Southwest, New--Guidebooks, Southwest, New--Antiquities--Guidebooks.
publication date:1992
lcc:E78.S7F54 1992eb
ddc:979/.01
subject:Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities--Guidebooks, Rock paintings--Southwest, New--Guidebooks, Southwest, New--Antiquities--Guidebooks.
To Mary McPherson Patterson
Roommate, friend, bedroll warmer, map and proofreader, rock art finder, plant lady, keeper of the "nice," mother of four, grandmother of two, and loving wife of thirty-seven years.
1992 by Alex Patterson
Cover photograph by Mary Patterson: Near Petrified National Park, Arizona. At the winter solstice sunrise, the shadow of a rock pinnacle across the canyon passes directly through the concentric circles at the top of this panel. Note the damage by vandalism at center right.
Cover design by Robert Schram
Text design by Wynne McPherson Patterson and Allen Moore III
8 9
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A Field guide to rock art symbols of the greater Southwest / [compiled by] Alex Patterson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 1-55566-091-6
1. Indians of North AmericaSouthwest, NewAntiquities
Guidebooks. 2. Rock paintingsSouthwest, NewGuidebooks.
3. Southwest, NewAntiquitiesGuidebook. I. Patterson, Alex.
E78.S7F54 1992
979'.01dc20
92-883
CIP

Printed in the United States of America by
Johnson Printing Company
1880 South 57th Court
Boulder, Colorado 80304
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
vi
Introduction
ix
The Meaning of Rock Art
x
Dating Rock Art
xi
Rock Art Style
xii
Authors Cited
xiii
Rock Art Site Manners
xiii
How to Use Field Guide
xiv
Finder: Humanlike
1
Finder: Animallike
9
Finder: Abstract
14
Alphabetical Index by Ascribed Meaning
Plus Related Symbol Description
22
Alphabetical Index by Symbol Description
Plus Related Ascribed Meaning
33
Rock Art Symbols
42
General Location of Rock Art Sites
215
Arizona
216
California/Nevada
218
Colorado/Utah
220
New Mexico
222
Texas/Mexico
223
Directions to 18 Rock Art Sites in National Parks,
State Parks, and Areas Set Aside for Public Viewing
226
Recommended Reading
228
Organizations to Join and Events to Attend
228
Bibliography
229
Credits
243

Page vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks go to all those who gave us a smile and a helping hand on our journey:
Brian Amme, Alex and Patti Apostolides, Jim and Nan Bain, Margery Torrey Barber, Con and Dawn Bergland, Nancy Bernard, Natasha Bonilla, Frank and AJ. Bock, Nina Bowen, Jerry and Jean Brody, John Burke, Ernest and Ellie Carter, Jim and Peggy Chapin, John Chavez, Sally Cole, James Crocker, Jay and Helen Crotty, Debra Dandridge, Burnie Davidson, Mary Davies, Dale Davison, John DeLong, Ron Eisman, Red and Virginia Ellison, Barry and Rene Fell, Roland Force, Jolynn Fox, Fred Frampton, Tom and Maureen Freestone, Phil Garn, Bill Gibson, Jeff Grathwohl, Campbell and Lou Grant, John Greer, Sally Hadlock, Ken Hedges, Bruce Henderson, Rebecca Herr, Tom Hoskinson, Bill Hyder, Leigh Jenkins, John and Ed, Bobby Jones, Boma Johnson, Tim and Siste Kearns, John King, Smokey Knolton, Jan Lawson, Clifton Aubrey Lawson, Bill Lipe, Walter Lorenzut, Bill and Muffy Lynch, Ekkehart Malotki, LeVan Martineau, Bob and Margery McBride, Jack and Pat McCreery, Michael McNierney, Allen Moore III, Marty Mulligan, Dan Murphy, Barbara Johnson Mussil, Remy and Margaret Nadeau, Joy Nevin, Alfonso Ortiz, Dave Parker, Alex and Carol Patterson III, Jill Patterson, Jim Patterson, Joan Patterson, Wynne Patterson, Rafaela Peralta, Peter Pilles, Pat and Dennise Rabideau, Gus and Leslie Rathe, Carol Patterson Rudolph, Cliff Ryal, Darryl Sanders, Curt and Polly Schaafsma, Albert H. Schroeder, Morgan and Babbie Smith, Doug Schwartz, Shurban, Don Simonis, Bob Staffanson, Larry Starr, Steve Stoney, Stuart Streuver, Gary Stumpf, Laine Thom, Bill Thompson, Mary Ellen Toner, Richard Townsend, Wilson Turner, Teresa Pijoan, John and Laura Holt Vavluska, Henry Wallace, Jesse and Judith Warner, Don Weaver, Lee Young. Profound apologies for any misspellings, mistakes, omissions, etc.
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