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Ancient Rock Carvings
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Price: |
5.99 |
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Title: |
HAWAIIAN PETROGLYPHS |
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Author: |
J. Halley Cox with Edward Stasack |
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ISBN: |
0-910240-09-4 |
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Description: |
Softcover (7 3/4 x 9 1/4), Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii, 1999, 8th printing. 100 pages. B/W photos and illustrations. |
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Condition: |
Clean and tight with mild bend to right side of book and pages, label remnants back cover, mild scratch and scuff. |
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Summary: |
"...Brought together in these pages is a complete listing of sites known presently to Bishop Museum,
and an accurate and comprehensive general description of their petroglyphs.
The author tells how they were made, where they were made, and speculates rationally
on when and why they were made on the basis of the clues offered by
historical records, the surroundings, and the petroglyphs themselves...." Contents: Sites....The Petroglyph in Cultural Context...Techniques...Composition...Age...
Imagery and Symbolism...Myths and legends...The Petroglyphs as Art....
A List of Petroglyph Sites in the Hawaiian Islands....References Cited CLICK THE "MORE IMAGES" LINK ABOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS TITLE |
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