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New Publication on Rock Art
2012 Feb 10
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'UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF ROCK ART'
By D. Russel Micnhimer
This newly published (2012) 148 page book explores the many ways in which petroglyphs and pictographs may be examined to determine their meaning and purpose. Rock art styles are particular to the part of the world in which they are located, but there are characteristics that they all share in common. This researcher examines those diverse common elements. This new book gives researchers and students of this exciting field of archaeology a structure that facilitates the task of determining meaning and purpose of pictographs and petroglyphs. Written in a conversational style with both the neophyte and experienced rock art researcher in mind, the author provides insights that will make both think about rock art meaning in new ways. Numerous photographs of pictographs and petroglyphs offer immediate reference points to the ideas discussed by this avocational archaeologist.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Oregon native and avocational archaeologist D. Russel Micnhimer is a member of the Oregon Archaeological Society from whom he has received numerous Loring and Loring Grants to supplement rock research. He has also given several presentations about his research to that organization. He has had a lifelong interest in prehistory and history and has traveled extensively exploring ancient civilizations, notably in Mexico and South America. For the last two decades he has traveled throughout the Western United States exploring ruins, rock art and other evidence of pre-contact habitation. The meaning and purpose of rock art, both pictographs and petroglyphs, is one of the many facets of rock art that add a layer of intrigue to his research. Micnhimer is co-author with LeeAnn Johnston of 'Where to See Rock Art - Washington, Oregon, Idaho' and has written numerous rock art articles for Oregon Archaeological Society publications.
To view Micnhimer's and Johnston's extensive photographic record of rock art click here
To order the book click here
By D. Russel Micnhimer
This newly published (2012) 148 page book explores the many ways in which petroglyphs and pictographs may be examined to determine their meaning and purpose. Rock art styles are particular to the part of the world in which they are located, but there are characteristics that they all share in common. This researcher examines those diverse common elements. This new book gives researchers and students of this exciting field of archaeology a structure that facilitates the task of determining meaning and purpose of pictographs and petroglyphs. Written in a conversational style with both the neophyte and experienced rock art researcher in mind, the author provides insights that will make both think about rock art meaning in new ways. Numerous photographs of pictographs and petroglyphs offer immediate reference points to the ideas discussed by this avocational archaeologist.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Oregon native and avocational archaeologist D. Russel Micnhimer is a member of the Oregon Archaeological Society from whom he has received numerous Loring and Loring Grants to supplement rock research. He has also given several presentations about his research to that organization. He has had a lifelong interest in prehistory and history and has traveled extensively exploring ancient civilizations, notably in Mexico and South America. For the last two decades he has traveled throughout the Western United States exploring ruins, rock art and other evidence of pre-contact habitation. The meaning and purpose of rock art, both pictographs and petroglyphs, is one of the many facets of rock art that add a layer of intrigue to his research. Micnhimer is co-author with LeeAnn Johnston of 'Where to See Rock Art - Washington, Oregon, Idaho' and has written numerous rock art articles for Oregon Archaeological Society publications.
To view Micnhimer's and Johnston's extensive photographic record of rock art click here
To order the book click here
