داستان‌های جنگ: خواندن هنر سنگی بیوگرافی سرخپوستان دشت

"Plains Indian biographic rock art can be "read" by those knowledgeable in its lexicon. Presented is a lexicon of imagery, conventions, and symbols used by Plains Indians to communicate their warfare and social narratives. The reader is introduced to Plains Indian "warrior" art in all media, biographic art as picture writing is explained, and the lexicon is described, providing a pictographic "dictionary," and explains conventions and connotations. Finally, it illustrates four key examples of how these narratives are read by the observer. Familiarity with the lexicon will enable interested scholars and laypersons to understand what are otherwise enigmatic rock art drawings found from Calgary, Alberta through ten U.S. states, and into the Mexican state of Coahuila"-- Provided by publisher CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS VIGNETTES Preface. Navigating through the Book Acknowledgments Introduction CHAPTER 1 BIOGRAPHIC ART AS PICTURE WRITING CHAPTER 2 THE BIOGRAPHIC ART LEXICON CHAPTER 3 THE PICTOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY CHAPTER 4 CONVENTIONS AND CONNOTATIONS CHAPTER 5 READING THE NARRATIVES APPENDIX I SITE NAMES AND NUMBERS FOR FIGURE 1.1, NORTH AND SOUTH HALVES APPENDIX II SOURCE MATERIALS AND SITE INDEX FOR ILLUSTRATIONS APPENDIX III IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCE MATERIALS FOR FIGURES GLOSSARY REFERENCES INDEX