Rock Art Of Kentucky (Perspectives on Kentucky's Past) - Softcover

Coy, Fred E.; Fuller, Thomas C.; Meadows, Larry G.; Swauger, James F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813190851 ISBN 13: 9780813190853

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 2003

Synopsis

Rock art includes petroglyphs and pictographs, or designs carved in or painted on the faces of rock, respectively. This first comprehensive documentation of the fragile remnants of Kentucky's prehistoric Native American rock art sites includes over 100 photographs.

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Review:

"Rock art includes petroglyphs and pictographs, or designs carved in or painted on the faces of rocks, respectively. In their book, Coy et al, present the fruits of over three decades of research on rock art in the Commonwealth." -- Bowling Green Daily News

"This excellent addition to the body of rock art literature is especially significant because it focuses on an area for the most part ignored in previous research. This book is an attempt to reach out to the general public, informing them of this cultural heritage while at the same time alerting them to the fragility of rock art and the importance of its preservation." -- Choice

"The first comprehensive documentation of the fragile remnants of the state's prehistoric Native American rock art sites." -- Louisville Courier Journal

"Would serve very well as a companion volume to books on the early history of Kentucky and as a guide to those who want to see for themselves." -- Mountain Eagle

"This book is the first comprehensive register of the known rock art of the state of Kentucky.... It should serve as a model of how to present the results of comprehensive regional surveys in a format facilitating further research, and of how to present a record of truly permanent value." -- Rock Art Research 1997

"Excellent... An extensive photographic guide to all known existent rock art in the state -- this book is a first for Kentucky." -- The Dirt Brothers

About the Author:

Fred E. Coy Jr. is a retired physician who lives in Louisville, Kentucky. Thomas C. Fuller has retired from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Larry G. Meadows is a local historian of the Red River region in Kentucky. James F. Swauger is curator emeritus of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0813190851
• ISBN 13: 9780813190853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192