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Title Rock art of the Caribbean / edited by Michele H. Hayward, Lesley-Gail Atkinson, and Michael A. Cinquino.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 285 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium monochrome
Description text file
Series Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Contents List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Rock Art within the Bahamian Archipelago; 3. History, Survey, Conservation, and Interpretation of Cuban Rock Art; 4. Sacred Landscapes: Imagery, Iconography, and Ideology in Jamaican Rock Art; 5. Caring for the Spirit Helpers: Recording, Graffiti Removal, Interpretation, and Management of the Warminster/Genus Rockshelter, Jamaica; 6. The Rock Images of Haiti: A Living Heritage; 7. Rock Art Studies in the Dominican Republic; 8. Rock Art of the Dominican Republic and Caribbean; 9. Rock Art of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Summary This compilation, by an international grouping of scholars, focuses on the nature of Caribbean rock art or rock graphics and makes clear the region's substantial and distinctive rock art tradition. Thorough and comparative, it includes data on the history of rock graphic research, the nature of the assemblages (image numbers, types, locations), and the legal, conservation, and research status of the image sites.℗¡Chapters on these topics cover research on the islands of Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Aruba, and Bonaire.℗¡The.
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Subject Rock paintings -- Caribbean Area.
Rock paintings.
Caribbean Area.
Petroglyphs -- Caribbean Area.
Petroglyphs.
Rock paintings -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area.
Social aspects.
Petroglyphs -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area.
Rock paintings -- Conservation and restoration -- Caribbean Area.
Rock paintings -- Conservation and restoration.
Petroglyphs -- Conservation and restoration -- Caribbean Area.
Petroglyphs -- Conservation and restoration.
Caribbean Area -- Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Hayward, Michele H.
Atkinson Swaby, Lesley-Gail.
Cinquino, Michael A.
Other Form: Print version: Rock art of the Caribbean. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009 9780817381592 0817381597 (DLC) 2008051589 (OCoLC)276995947
ISBN 9780817381592 (electronic book)
0817381597 (electronic book)
9780817316501 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0817316507 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780817355302 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0817355308 (paperback ; alkaline paper)