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Rock Art at Little Lake: An Ancient Crossroads in the California Desert

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Rock Art at Little Lake: An Ancient Crossroads in the California Desert

By Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Gordon E. Hull, and John C. Bretney 

ISBN: 978-1-931745-92-5 (cloth), 978-1-931745-93-2 (paper)

Publication Date: December 2012, Series: Monograph 74

Price: $59.00 (cloth), $35.00 (paper)

The product of ten years of fieldwork at Little Lake Ranch in the Rose Valley, the southern gateway to the Owens Valley, this book presents the results of intensive rock art analyses carried out by the interdisciplinary research team of the UCLA Rock Art Archive. The research attempts to establish a connective web of associations to break down traditional but artificial barriers between rock art and the rest of archaeology. Through time-honored methods of stylistic analysis, the focus is on recent breakthroughs in the analysis of meaning and religion in the context of landscape attributes and ecological opportunities. Regional or ethnic differences suggested by the rock art record has made it possible to create a flexible analytical framework containing previously unpublished or


This book describes the occurrence, concentration, distribution, and formal variation of pecked and painted motifs. Scratched, pecked, and painted patterns are analyzed separately. Full-color illustrations throughout enhance the physical appeal of this beautiful book. overlooked archaeological excavation and object data.

 

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