TY - BOOK AU - Malotki,Ekkehart AU - Dissanayake,Ellen TI - Early rock art of the American west: the geometric enigma SN - 9780295743622 AV - E78 .E275 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Seattle PB - University of Washington Press KW - Indians of North America KW - West (U.S.) KW - Antiquities KW - Petroglyphs KW - Picture-writing KW - Rock paintings KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction; Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake --; The concept of artification; Ellen Dissanayake --; Terminology, chronology, and dating of North American paleomarks; Ekkehart Malotki --; Cupules as an archetypal artification; Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake --; Ancestral minds and the spectrum of symbol; Ellen Dissanayake --; Sites and styles of the western archaic tradition rock art complex; Ekkehart Malotki --; Origins and functions of abstract-geometric markings; Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake --; Why did our ancestors artify?; Ellen Dissanayake --; Conclusion: the geometric enigma; Ekkehart Malotki and Ellen Dissanayake; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1827011&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -