Two hundred color photographs by David Muench show rock paintings and petroglyphs in the arid regions of western North America, extending from Baja California north to Washington and from Wyoming west to California. Most of the locations are remote; many are secret. The photographs are organized into ten geographically-based styles: Great Basin and Mohave Desert, Green River, Colorado River, Little Colorado River, San Juan River, Gila River, Rio Grande, Columbia River, Chumash and Anza Borrego, and Baja California. Anthropologist Polly Schaafsma describes the cultural and physical context of each of these stylistic traditions, which range in age from six thousand years ago to the historic era.
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"An outstanding portfolio of North American petroglyphs by one of the best landscape photographers in the world." -- Apogee Photo Magazine (May 2005)
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DAVID MUENCH began his photographic career in the mid-fifties in the new style of Western landscape photography pioneered by his father, Josef Muench. In the intervening half-century, David Muench has done more than any other color photographer to define the iconography of the Western wilderness in forty solo books, including three with BrownTrout.
Dr. POLLY DIX SCHAAFSMA is a research associate in the Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is the author of numerous books and papers on Southwest North American Indian art.
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calender,
This review is from: Images In Stone 2006 Calendar (Calendar)
I thought it was great till I realized it was last years calender. Otherwise I've always liked this style calender. Please have next years available also.
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This review is from: Images in Stone Southwest Rock Art Postcard Book: Southwest Rock Art (Paperback)
I received this postcard group, not even that well produced, many images too dark instead of David Muench's book, "Images in Stone" co authored with Polly Schaafsma. Be careful there are calendars and postcards mixed in with the book searches and pop up suggestions for rock art, all titled "Images in Stone". On my account orders listed by Amazon no mention that these are cards and not a book. Buyer beware.
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Related to the shamanic or vision quest experience is a profusion of abstract elements in rock art thought to depict entoptic phenomena, neuro-psychological patterns seen during altered states of consciousness. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Rio Grande, New Mexico, Great Basin, San Juan, Colorado River, Barrier Canyon, Coso Range, Green River, Pecos River, Colorado Plateau, Little Colorado, Baja California, Cueva Pintada, Cedar Mesa, Galisteo Basin, Petroglyph National Monument, Canyonlands National Park, Classic Vernal, Hueco Tanks State Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Santa Barbara New!
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Related to the shamanic or vision quest experience is a profusion of abstract elements in rock art thought to depict entoptic phenomena, neuro-psychological patterns seen during altered states of consciousness. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shamanic figures, rock art, rock paintings, spirit helpers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rio Grande, New Mexico, Great Basin, San Juan, Colorado River, Barrier Canyon, Coso Range, Green River, Pecos River, Colorado Plateau, Little Colorado, Baja California, Cueva Pintada, Cedar Mesa, Galisteo Basin, Petroglyph National Monument, Canyonlands National Park, Classic Vernal, Hueco Tanks State Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Santa Barbara New!
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