| Description |
1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-189). |
| Contents |
Foreword; 1. Visions in the Quest for Medicine; 2. Dating Rock Art; 3. Secular and Sacred Picture Writing; 4. Interpreting the Rock Paintings using Algonkian Picture Writing; 5. "A Stone is filled with Spirit Power"; 6. Conclusions: "My Painting Makes Me a Manitou"; Footnotes; List of Figures; Alphabetical List of Rock Art Sites Mentioned in the Text; Bibliography and Suggested Reading; About the Author; About the Illustrators. |
| Summary |
More than 400 rock paintings adorn the Canadian Shield from Quebec, across Ontario and as far west as Saskatchewan. The pictographs are the legacy of the Algonkian-speaking Cree and Ojibway, whose roots may extend to the beginnings of human occupancy in the region almost 10,000 years ago. Archaeologist Grace Rajnovich spent fourteen years of field research uncovering a multitude of clues as to the meanings of the paintings. She has written a text which is unique in its ability to "see" the paintings from a traditional native viewpoint. Skilfully weaving the imagery, metaphors and traditions of. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rock paintings -- Canadian Shield.
|
|
Rock paintings. |
|
Indian painting -- Canada.
|
|
Indian painting. |
|
Canada. |
|
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Antiquities.
|
|
Indians of North America. |
|
Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Rajnovich, Grace. Reading rock art. Toronto : Natural Heritage/Natural History, 1994 0920474721 9780920474723 (OCoLC)29912994 |
| ISBN |
9781554882724 (electronic book) |
|
1554882729 (electronic book) |
|
