Rock Art In New Mexico

Originally published in 1972, this edition of Rock Art in New Mexico was revised and updated in 1992. In it, Poly Schaafsma presents a corpus of rock art, with comment and descriptions, found in north-west New Mexico, southern New Mexico, the Upper Rio Grande, eastern New Mexico and the southern High Plains. Examples of rock art and petroglyophs are cited from prehistoric times to those created by the Anasazi, Apache and, most recently, the Spanish.

This classic book by a recognized expert explores prehistoric rock art of the Anasazi, rock art of the Navajo, the desert peoples of southern New Mexico, and the immense region of the upper Rio Grande and the eastern plains.

The comprehensive book on Indian petroglyphs in the Southwest.

In sheer number of sites, the rock art of the Southwest is without equal in North America. Signs of Life takes the reader on a rock art tour of the upper portion of the Rio Grande drainage, that portion from the Colorado/New Mexico border southward to just below El Paso, Texas. Sites are discussed in natural geomorphic, cultural and stylistic contexts. One section of the book is devoted to sites with public access. Altogether, Signs of Life is the most complete compendium of rock art along the Rio Grande that has ever been published. Should be a required text in archaeological classes....Signs is just a great comprehensive overview of Rock Art.--Mike Laverde, president, El Paso Archaeological Society

This guide contains a detailed listing of collectable New Mexico minerals, agates, and petrified wood, and includes more than 125 collecting sites with maps.

What is the lure of rock art sites? It it their unusual beauty? Is it their uniqueness? Is it their sheer mystery? To most, they are a like a riddle that remains unresolved. Or have their meaning, with the passing of time, have become lost in obscurity.Or perhaps, rock art is simply a language of symbols that cannot be understood, by the modern world.If seen with a correct perspective they could indeed reveal themselves to be a language of symbols, rather than a language of words. And if we could know how to read them, and understand them, and make sense of them - what tremendous secrets and wonderment they would reveal.Perhaps this is the deeper reason we seek them out - because we feel something, simply by being there.Or perhaps, you just enjoy being in the beauty of nature, or delight in exploring the Southwest. Or perhaps you take pleasure in being in places of mystery or history.Or because, at these sites, as mentioned above, you can "feel" the importance of their significant meaning - through their energy, power and metaphor.Whatever your reason for visiting the petroglyphs and pictographs sites, the best experience will come when you visit them with an open heart and a quiet mind.And this book will help to get you there with ease... safe travels, and may your journey be rich with beauty and wonderment.

Folded plate (1 leaf, 39 x 61 cm, folded to 19 x 16 cm) in pocket.