Title: The art of the shaman
First published: 2000
Description: Whitley, an archaeologist specializing in the study of prehistoric art and religion, interprets the symbolism of California's ancient rock art, demonstrating that these pictographs were not created simply for artistic expression, but were deliberately intended to represent a relatively few number of specific messages. Color photographs depict such things as vision questing, sexuality, the mythic past, life crises, altered states of consciousness, and more.
Subjects: Antiquities, Petroglyphs, Rock paintings, Indians of North America, California, antiquities
Places: California
LC classification: E78.C15 W52 2000