Rock Paintings of Baja California
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.36
name: label: Collection Creator
content: University of California (System). Extension Media Center
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content: University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 900 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film by Dr. Clement Meighan examines rock paintings at a site in Baja California discoverd in 1975. Film gives a brief introduction to representative rock paintings--petroglyphs and pictographs--throughout the world (Africa, Europe and North America), comparing the style of the Baja paintings with those elsewhere. Paintings are shown in great detail (possibly in Gardner cave) as well as demonstrating a replication of the mixing of pigments used. Narration speculates on the significance of these paintings to the American Indians who painted them.

Legacy Keywords:  North America ; California archeology pictographs