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Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art (Tucson)

Himmel Park Public Library 1035 N. Treat Avenue, Tucson, AZ, United States

Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. However, are such claims supported by archaeology or by Native Americans themselves? Mr. Dart illustrates southwestern petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol […]

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Apaches and their Horses (Camp Verde)

Camp Verde Library 130 Black Bridge Lp Rd, Camp Verde, AZ, United States

It has been thought that the Apache do not become Apache until the adoption of the horse, which triggered the raiding adaptation. While horses played a central role in the Apachean world, the horse divide is not as pronounced as thought. Horses changed the ancestral Apache lifeway and horses survived and thrived without European horse […]

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Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art (Wickenburg)

Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ, United States

Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. However, are such claims supported by archaeology or by Native Americans themselves? Mr. Dart illustrates southwestern petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol […]

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