Backroads of Utah

Backroads of Utah

Author: Theresa A. Husarik

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781616738051

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Travel directions, maps, and historical sidelights for scenic adventures to the natural and historical wonders of this spectacularly beautiful state.


A Guide to the Natural Landmarks of Southern Utah

A Guide to the Natural Landmarks of Southern Utah

Author: Laurent Martrès

Publisher: PhotoTripUSA Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13:

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The Photographing the Southwest guidebook series is the culmination of over twenty years experience exploring and photographing the natural landmarks of the Southwest. Volume 1 will take you to the heart of Southern Utah, home to some of the Colorado Plateau's most outstanding highlights. Beyond the National Parks of the famed ?Grand Circle?, you?ll discover many hidden locations of Red Rock Country as well as Indian rock art and cliff dwellings. The book also makes a quick side trip into Northeastern Utah to explore the remote area around Dinosaur National Monument. Enough for weeks of new discoveries in the area!


A Companion to Rock Art

A Companion to Rock Art

Author: Jo McDonald

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-06-22

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 1118253922

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This unique guide provides an artistic and archaeological journey deep into human history, exploring the petroglyphic and pictographic forms of rock art produced by the earliest humans to contemporary peoples around the world. Summarizes the diversity of views on ancient rock art from leading international scholars Includes new discoveries and research, illustrated with over 160 images (including 30 color plates) from major rock art sites around the world Examines key work of noted authorities (e.g. Lewis-Williams, Conkey, Whitley and Clottes), and outlines new directions for rock art research Is broadly international in scope, identifying rock art from North and South America, Australia, the Pacific, Africa, India, Siberia and Europe Represents new approaches in the archaeological study of rock art, exploring issues that include gender, shamanism, landscape, identity, indigeneity, heritage and tourism, as well as technological and methodological advances in rock art analyses


Rock Art

Rock Art

Author: Stewart M. Green

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-09-28

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 149301708X

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The Definitive Guide to Ancient and Contemporary Rock Art! Rock Art explores the fascinating history of ancient human-made stone markings that have puzzled historians, archaeologists, and hikers alike for centuries. What is rock art, and who created these mysterious symbols, and why are so many pieces of artwork similar across disparate and long-forgotten cultures? How was rock art made—and, more importantly, why? These questions and more are addressed in this comprehensive guide, complete with full-color images and travel listings. Look inside to find: Prehistories and histories of the cultures who created these images and etchings. Detailed descriptions of the tools, techniques, and methods used to create rock art. Best practices and techniques for photographing these alluring rock images. Extensive list of rock art sites across the United States. Whether you’re fascinated by the wondrous ancient imagery imprinted on the landscape or just curious about the markings alongside your favorite hiking trail, Rock Art is the only guide you need to better understand this mysterious and beautiful art form.


Backpacker

Backpacker

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2002-12

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.


Man's Ruin

Man's Ruin

Author: Frank Kozik

Publisher: Last Gasp

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9780867193978

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Kozik does silk screens and creates some of the most outrageous rock poster's. This side of Stanley Mouse. Combining cultural icons from all horizons in LSD drenched graphics and visual illusion he has become over the year the premier Rock 'n' Roll artist. His posters are sought and collected by a new wave of fans with the fervor that was given to old Fillmore posters. Frank himself revendicates this connection to a lineage of Rock artists that created a new art form.


A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest

A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest

Author: Alex Patterson

Publisher: Big Earth Publishing

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781555660918

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A key to the interpretation of rock art of the American Southwest, providing descriptions and illustrations of rock art symbols, along with their ascribed meanings, and including general and specific information on rock art sites.