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Schaafsma, Polly Dix was born on October 24, 1935 in Springfield, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Raymond Arthur and Mildred Elizabeth (Gafvert) Dix.
(This comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on ston...)
This comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on stone by Native Americans from 200 B.C. through the nineteenth century surveys the rock art of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, northern Mexico, and west Texas, providing an incomparable visual record of Southwest Indian culture, religion, and society.Rock carvings and paintings are important sources in the archaeological and historical interpretation...
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( This comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on st...)
This comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on stone by Native Americans from 200 B.C. through the nineteenth century surveys the rock art of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, northern Mexico, and west Texas, providing an incomparable visual record of Southwest Indian culture, religion, and society. Rock carvings and paintings are important sources in the archaeological and historical interpretation of Southwest Indians. Rock art reflects the cosmic and mythic orientation of the culture that produced it, and understanding of prehistoric peoples, both hunters and gatherers and the Hohokam, Anasazi, Mogollon, and Fremont cultures, and the Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache Indians. Culturally significant events such as the shift in prehistoric times from spear and atlatl to the bow, or, in the historic period, the introduction of the horse into the Southwest, are recorded in rock art. The illustrations--thirty-two color plates, nearly 250 photographs, and numerous line drawings--bring together in one volume petroglyphs and rock paintings that are scattered over thousands of miles of desert and mesa, giving the reader an overview of Indian rock art that would be nearly impossible to achieve in the field. Indian Rock Art of the Southwest examines from an archaeological perspective the rich legacy of stone drawings and carvings preserved throughout the Southwest. Professional and amateur archaeologists and historians, as well as the general reader with an interest in Indian art, will find this volume a valuable resource.
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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.
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(Originally published in 1972, this edition of Rock Art in...)
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.
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( Over many centuries, the prehistoric Fremont and Anasaz...)
Over many centuries, the prehistoric Fremont and Anasazi peoples of present-day Utah left an artistic record in which distinctive styles are readily identifiable. From the Uinta Mountains through the central canyonlands to the Virgin River, Utah’s abundant prehistoric rock art offers glimpses of a lost world. The Rock Art of Utah is a rich sample of the many varieties of rock art found in the state. Through nearly two hundred high-quality photographs and drawings from the Donald Scott Collection, all made during the 1920s and 1930s, rock art expert Polly Schaafsma provides a fascinating, comprehensive tour of this unique legacy. From the Uinta Mountains through the central canyonlands to the Virgin River, Utah’s abundant prehistoric rock art offers glimpses of a lost world. Over many centuries, the Fremont and Anasazi peoples left an artistic record in which distinctive styles are readily identifiable. The Rock Art of Utah is a guide to the many varieties of rock art found in the state. Through dozens of high-quality photographs and drawings from the Donald Scott Collection, all made during the 1920s and 30s, author Polly Schaafsma provides a fascinating, comprehensive tour of this unique legacy. Now in an updated edition, it will engage anyone with an interest in the ancient peoples of the Colorado Plateau.
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Schaafsma, Polly Dix was born on October 24, 1935 in Springfield, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Raymond Arthur and Mildred Elizabeth (Gafvert) Dix.
Bachelor, Mount Holyoke College, 1957. Master of Arts, University Colorado, 1962.
Archaeologist Museum New Mexico, Sante Fe, 1962-1963, 94-96, project director, 1966-1967, research associate, since 1985. Project director Utah State Park Commission and Governor's Commission on Historic Sites, Salt Lake City, 1970, New Mexico State Planning Office, Santa Fe, 1971. Consultant Kuaua Mural Project, Museum Indian Arts & Culture Laboratory Anthropology, 2007, Bureau Reclamation Glen Canyon & Navajo Reservoir Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act Project, 2009.
Project director National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 1987. Member blue ribbon panel advisory board Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, 1992-1996. Member advisory council Four Corners School Outdoor Education, Monticello, Utah, since 1996.
Member review committee The Rock Art Archive, Institute Archaeology, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1997, guest curator, Museum of Indian Arts Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, 1998, Archaeologist for Enthnographic Assessment Project, Hueco Tanks State History Park, The Rio Grande Foundation for Comtys. & Cultural Landscapes, 2001, Cosmology Group, Santa Fe Institute, 2007-2010.
(This classic book by a recognized expert explores prehist...)
(According to the Pueblo Indians the spirits of he dead re...)
( Over many centuries, the prehistoric Fremont and Anasaz...)
(Originally published in 1972, this edition of Rock Art in...)
(This comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on ston...)
( This comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on st...)
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Member American Rock Art Research Association (member advisory board since 1985), Society of America Archaeology, Archaeol. Society New Mexico.
Married Curtis Forrest Schaafsma, September 28, 1958. Children: Hoskinini Scott, Pieter Dix.