Sacred Art of the Algonkians: A Study of the Peterborough Petroglyphs ( Algonquians )( Ontario / Indian Native / Rock Carvings )( Large Fold Out "MAP" of glyphs intact) por Vastokas, Joan M and Romas K, Foreword By Waubegeshig - 1973

Peterborough, ON.: Mansard Press, 1973, 1st Edition, 1st Printing , 1973. ----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, in a lightly rubbed Very Good dustjacket, 164 pages, b&w photos and diagrams, contents include: Foreword; Preface; Introduction; THE SITE: Its setting, discovery, recording, identity of the artists, and date of carving --- THE ALGONKIANS: Culture and world view, manitou, totemism, guardian spirits, the vision quest, shamanism, and cosmology; ---FUNCTION OF THE SITE: Early Interpretations of rock art, Algonkian pictography, birch bark scrolls, sacred places, and symbolism of the site; ---MEANING OF THE GLYPHS: Sun-figure, shaman figures, human figures, fertility themes, thunderbirds, snakes, birds, reptiles, animals, tracks, artifacts, abstractions, and boats; ---STYLE AND CONCLUSIONS; Notes; Bibliography; Index, the large fold-out 'map' of the site is present, a fascinating book, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art.