Malotki, Ekkehart,

Early rock art of the American west : the geometric enigma / Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction / The concept of artification / Terminology, chronology, and dating of North American paleomarks / Cupules as an archetypal artification / Ancestral minds and the spectrum of symbol / Sites and styles of the western archaic tradition rock art complex / Origins and functions of abstract-geometric markings / Why did our ancestors artify? / Conclusion: the geometric enigma / Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake -- Ellen Dissanayake -- Ekkehart Malotki -- Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake -- Ellen Dissanayake -- Ekkehart Malotki -- Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake -- Ellen Dissanayake -- Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake.



9780295743622

2017051145


Indians of North America--Antiquities.--West (U.S.)
Petroglyphs--West (U.S.)
Picture-writing--West (U.S.)
Rock paintings--West (U.S.)


Electronic Books.

E78 / .E275 2018