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Museum of Northern Arizona, Published 1986. Wraps, 32 pp.; 28 cm; copyright 1984, second printing 1986; Plateau, Vol. 55, No. 2; illustrated with color photographs, stippled drawings of rock art figures by Richard Hacker, and a site location map.
In Very Good condition. Tan pictorial paper covers with black lettering on front, cover photograph of Fremont petroglyphs at Dinosaur National Monument by Sally Cole. Mild shelf and edge wear with light spotting and faint soiling to covers. Price sticker residue at top corner of rear cover. Staple bound, binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated survey of the pecked and painted rock art of the Colorado Plateau by the Chief Archaeologist of the Museum of Northern Arizona, covering petroglyph and pictograph techniques, the functions of rock art in prehistoric religious and secular life, methods of dating by patination, lichen growth and superimposition, and field recording, with a reproduction of the Museum's petroglyph record form. Photographs include Newspaper Rock, Horseshoe Canyon, Nine Mile Canyon, Wupatki, Butler Wash and Mesa Verde. Closes with a guide to thirty-five public rock art sites in Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, and an annotated list of suggested readings. Contents: Introduction; Petroglyphs and Pictographs; Images on Stone; Dating Rock Art; Recording Rock Art; Rock Art Sites; Suggested Readings; About the Author.