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9780890133460

The Serpent and the Sacred Fire

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  • ISBN13:

    9780890133460

  • ISBN10:

    0890133468

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Pr
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Summary

The Southwest holds a treasure trove of prehistoric rock art, the fascinating images of petroglyphs and pictographs spanning thousands of years of Indian culture. Fertility has been identified as one of the most obvious and persistent themes in rock art, the record resplendent with symbols of birth, death, and procreation. Three-time rock art author Dennis Slifer takes a wide and deep look at symbols of fertility and fecundity, meticulously documenting drawings made by prehistoric cultures and the historical tribes of today's greater Southwest, and comparing the symbols with those fertility symbols found in rock art sites around the world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7(9)
Introduction 9(8)
Southwestern Rock Art and Cultural Traditions
17(18)
Sexuality and the Sacred
35(8)
Images and Rites of Fertility and Sexuality
43(102)
Fecundity of the Earth, Animals, and Plants
145(14)
Fertility Themes in Rock Art of Other Regions
159(29)
Afterword Protecting Rock Art 188(3)
Notes 191(3)
Bibliography 194(9)
Index 203

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