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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: work of art
    sub title: rock art and adaptation in the lower Pecos, Texas Archaic
  name:
    name part: Boyd, Carolyn Elizabeth.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1998
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvi, 224 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  abstract: bunter-gatherer rock art in the Lower Pecos River Region, located at the northeastern reaches of the Chihualman Desert within the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The primary objectives of the dissertation are as follows: 1) demonstrate that prehistoric art can be explained through scientific methods, 2) synthesize rock art explanations generated using scientific methods to address issues regarding hunting and gathering tideways of the lower Pecos Archaic, 3) demonstrate that rock art production was a mechanism for social and environmental adaptation, and 4) demonstrate that the art and artists of the lower Pecos were active agents in the social, economic, and ideological business of the community. A formal analysis of five rock art panels in the region revealed recurring themes or "motifs.'' Using ethnological data, hypotheses were formulated to explain three of the motifs identifer during the analysis. The hypotheses were tested against the lower Pecos material record and neurophysiological behavior associated with altered states of consciousness, and considered within the context of the social and biophysical environment of the region. Results of the analysis contributed to the reconstruction of lower Pecos prehistory. The rock art was a vehicle through which intangible assets were shared-individual knowledge became group knowledge. Produced within an egalitarian society in which direct instruction was considered inappropriate, rock art facilitated the "indirect'' dissemination of information necessary for successful exploitation of the hunting and gathering niche - information regarding the bio-physical environment, animal behavior, and ecological relationships. Additionally, art and artist were active agents in maintaining, reproducing, and challenging social relations. Artists communicated information regarding the structure of their cosmos, messages from the supernatural realms and prescriptions for rituals through the art. Production of rock a…
  note: by Carolyn Elizabeth Boyd.
  note: "Major Subject: Anthropology".
  note: 5 folded leaves in pocket.
  note: Vita.
  note: Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc.
  note: Ph. D. Texas A&M University 1998.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-214).
  subject:
    topic: Major anthropology
  identifier: 99-15207 UMI
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  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/158175
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    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 991018
    record change date: 20220104090831.0
    record identifier: in00001510027