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Author Lenik, Edward J., 1932-

Title Making pictures in stone [electronic resource] : American Indian rock art of the Northeast / Edward J. Lenik.

Imprint Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xix, 251 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-242) and index.
Contents Algonquian people in the northeast -- Ezra Stiles : pioneer rock art researcher in eighteenth-century New England -- Culturally altered trees -- Nonportable rock art sites -- Landscapes in myths and legends -- Portable rock art -- Pendants and gorgets -- Decorated tablets, pebbles, and cobbles -- Sculpted heads and effigy faces -- Decorated stone tools -- Nonutilitarian effigy stones -- Dreams, visions, and signs.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Algonquian Indians -- Northeastern States -- Antiquities.
Petroglyphs -- Northeastern States.
Rock paintings -- Northeastern States.
Picture-writing -- Northeastern States.
Northeastern States -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780817316297 (cloth : alk. paper)
0817316299 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817355098 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081735509X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780817380779 (electronic bk.)
0817380779 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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