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Early Rock Art of the American West

The Geometric Enigma

By: Ekkehart Malotki,Ellen Dissanayake

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Early Rock Art of the American West

The Geometric Enigma

By: Ekkehart Malotki,Ellen Dissanayake

A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE The earliest rock art - in the Americas as elsewhere - is geometric or abstract. Until Early Rock Art in the American West, however, no book-length study has been devoted to the deep antiquity and amazing range of geometrics and the fascinating questions that arise from their ubiquity and variety. Why did they precede representational marks? What is known about their origins and functions? Why and how did humans begin to make marks, and what does this practice tell us about the early human mind? With some two hundred striking color images and discussions of chronology, dating, sites, and styles, this pioneering investigation of abstract geometrics on stone (as well as bone, ivory, and shell) explores its wide-ranging subject from the perspectives of ethology, evolutionary biology, cognitive archaeology, and the psychology of artmaking. The authors’ unique approach instills a greater respect for a largely unknown and underappreciated form of paleoart, suggesting that before humans became Homo symbolicus or even Homo religiosus, they were mark-makers - Homo aestheticus.

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University of Washington Press

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029574362X

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Hopi Time

A Linguistic Analysis of the Temporal Concepts in the Hopi Language

By: Ekkehart Malotki

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A Linguistic Analysis of the Temporal Concepts in the Hopi Language

By: Ekkehart Malotki

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

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701

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110822814

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9783110822816

Stone Chisel and Yucca Brush

Colorado Plateau Rock Art

By: Ekkehart Malotki,Donald Edgar Weaver

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Stone Chisel and Yucca Brush

Colorado Plateau Rock Art

By: Ekkehart Malotki,Donald Edgar Weaver

An illustrated overview of the rock art of the Colorado Plateau includes 207 color photos, mini-essays for each site, and an introductory essay examining the history of these petroglyphs and pictographs.

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Kiva Publishing

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1885772270

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Early Rock Art of the American West

The Geometric Enigma

By: Ekkehart Malotki,Ellen Dissanayake

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The Geometric Enigma

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Hopi Stories of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Magic

By: Ekkehart Malotki,Ken Gary

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Hopi Stories of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Magic

By: Ekkehart Malotki,Ken Gary

The traditional Hopi world, as reflected in Hopi oral literature, is infused with magic?a seamless tapestry of everyday life and the supernatural. That magic and wonder are vividly depicted in this marvelous collection of authentic folktales. For the Hopis, the spoken or sung word can have a magical effect on others. Witchcraft?the wielding of magic for selfish purposes by a powaqa, or sorcerer?has long been a powerful, malevolent force. Sorcerers are said to have the ability to change into animals such as a crow, a coyote, a bat, or a skeleton fly, and hold their meetings in a two-tiered kiva to the northeast of Hopi territory. Shamanism, the more benevolent but equally powerful use of magic for healing, was once commonplace but is no longer practiced among the Hopis. Shamans, or povosyaqam, often used animal familiars and quartz crystals to help them to see, diagnose, and cure illnesses. Spun through these tales are supernatural beings, otherworldly landscapes, magical devices and medicines, and shamans and witches. One story tells about a man who follows his wife one night and discovers that she is a witch, while another relates how a jealous woman uses the guise of an owl to make a rival woman's baby sick. Other tales include the account of a boy who is killed by kachinas and then resurrected as a medicine man and the story of a huge rattlesnake, a giant bear, and a mountain lion that forever guard the entrance to Maski, the Land of the Dead.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803283180

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Hopi Time

A Linguistic Analysis of the Temporal Concepts in the Hopi Language

By: Ekkehart Malotki

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A Linguistic Analysis of the Temporal Concepts in the Hopi Language

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Walter de Gruyter

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9027933499

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Hopi Stories of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Magic

By: Ekkehart Malotki,Ken Gary

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Hopi Coyote Tales

Istutuwutsi

By: Ekkehart Malotki

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Hopi Coyote Tales

Istutuwutsi

By: Ekkehart Malotki

This volume brings together twenty-one traditional tales recently retold by Hopi narrators. Complete with English translations and original Hopi transcriptions on facing pages and a bilingual glossary. Hopi Coyote Tales is important to an understanding of the Hopi language and folklore. To nomadic hunters such as the Navajo, who competed with him on the open range, Coyote was by turns a formidable trickster, a demonic witchperson, and a god. As sedentary planters, the Hopis tended to reduce Coyote to the level of a laughable fool. In these tales Coyote is a friendly bumbler whose mistakes teach listeners what tricks to avoid. Time after time he is hurt or killed for failing to understand a situation correctly. The collection is as amusing as animal fables should be, as simply told, and as instructive. Published as a companion volume to Father Berard Haile's Navajo Coyote Tales, Hopi Coyote Tales is a valuable contribution to cross-cultural studies.

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0803281234

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Stone Chisel and Yucca Brush

Colorado Plateau Rock Art

By: Ekkehart Malotki,Donald Edgar Weaver

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Colorado Plateau Rock Art

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Book's by Ekkehart Malotki

Early Rock Art of the American West

Early Rock Art of the American West

Hopi Time

Hopi Time

Stone Chisel and Yucca Brush

Stone Chisel and Yucca Brush

Early Rock Art of the American West

Early Rock Art of the American West

Hopi Stories of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Magic

Hopi Stories of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Magic

Hopi Time

Hopi Time

Hopi Stories of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Magic

Hopi Stories of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Magic

Hopi Coyote Tales

Hopi Coyote Tales

Stone Chisel and Yucca Brush

Stone Chisel and Yucca Brush

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