PDF-(BOOK)-Rock Art of the Lower Pecos (Volume 8) (Texas A&M University Anthropology Series)

Four thousand years ago bands of huntergatherers lived in and traveled through the challenging terrain of what is now southwest Texas and northern Mexico Today travelers to that land can view large art panels they left behind on the rock walls of Rattlesnake Canyon White Shaman Cave Panther Cave Mystic Shelter and Cedar Springs Messages from a distant past they are now interpreted for modern readers by artistarchaeologist Carolyn BoydIt has been thought that the meaning of this ancient art was lost with the artists who produced it However thanks to research breakthroughs these elaborate rock paintings are again communicating a narrative that was inaccessible to humanity for millennia In the gateway serpents antlered shamans and humananimalcross forms pictured in these ancient murals Boyd sees a way that ancient huntergatherer artists could express their belief systems provide a mechanism for social and environmental adaptation and act as agents in the social economic and ideological affairs of the community She offers detailed information gleaned from the art regarding the nature of the lower Pecos cosmos ritual practices involving the use of sacramental and medicinal plants and huntergatherer lifewaysNow combining the tools of the ethnologist with the aesthetic sensibilities of an artist Boyd demonstrates that prehistoric art is not beyond explanation Images from the past contain a vast corpus of dataaccessible through proven scientific methodsthat can enrich our understanding of human life in prehistory and at the same time expand our appreciation for the work of art in the present and the future. 57375e campground is on Granart Road just west of Camp Dean Road in Big Rock Coupled with the surrounding forest preserve nearly 850 acres of mature woodlands quality wetlands and open meadow areas contain JE JU XJU J XU access parking pad 57374r . 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