The Cosmos Revealed : Precontact Mississippian Rock Art at Painted Bluff, Alabama
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| Title: | The Cosmos Revealed : Precontact Mississippian Rock Art at Painted Bluff, Alabama |
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| Description: | The definitive rock art book on Painted Bluff, Alabama Boasting more than 130 paintings and engravings, Painted Bluff is perhaps the most elaborate prehistoric pictograph site east of the Mississippi River. Positioned at several levels on a dramatic sandstone cliff along the Tennessee River in northern Alabama, the spectacular paintings and engravings depict mythical creatures, dancing humans, and mystical portals. The Cosmos Revealed: Precontact Mississippian Rock Art at Painted Bluff, Alabama is the first complete documentation of one of the most important archaeological sites in eastern North America. Through art, the site materializes a model or “cosmogram” of the Mississippian Native American view of the universe, offering connections between the visible and invisible worlds for Native spiritual leaders and other visitors. Discovered by Euro-Americans in the early 1800s, the site became known as “Painted Bluff” because of its pictographs, but inexplicably it has only recently been subjected to the intensive archaeological study it deserves. Under the auspices of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the authors of this volume have documented and assessed the site since 2005, and efforts have been made to reverse some of the vandalism that has occurred over many decades and to stabilize natural degradation of the cliff and its artwork. Including more than one hundred remarkable prehistoric paintings on the cliff face that have been recorded, mapped, and photographed, this book synthesizes the research done on Painted Bluff to date and documents the entire site. Richly illustrated chapters cover the historical background, geology and archaeology, documentation methods, types of rock art, stratigraphy, paint recipes, TVA management, graffiti removal, and a summary that broadly synthesizes the meaning, timeframe, artistry, organization, conceptual boundaries, and the cosmos revealed. This groundbreaking study features 113 color photographs and a complete catalog of the pictographs and petroglyphs at the site. |
| Authors: | Jan F. Simek, Erin E. Dunsmore, Johannes Loubser, Sierra M. Bow |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Mississippian art--Alabama--Painted Bluff, Rock paintings--Alabama--Painted Bluff |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, ART / Indigenous, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, ART / Environmental & Land Art |
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