Mavis Greer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5590667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mavis Greer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mavis |
| FAMILY NAME | Greer |
| SIGNATURE | GREER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Greer Services, 2599 So. Paradise Drive, Casper, WY 82604 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Roebling site
A multicomponent rock art site in central Wyoming contains a pre-contact petroglyph panel and separate inscribed boulders, two with prehistoric petroglyphs and two with historic inscriptions. The petroglyph panel dates to the Late Prehistoric and is an example of Ceremonial Tradition rock art. Native American images on boulders are also likely Late Prehistoric, while historic boulder images are brands, presumably for sheep, and inscribed dates fr…
Dry Creek medicine bundle, Northeastern Wyoming
A cluster of two nonlocal flakes and two crystals is believed to be the remaining contents of a small personal medicine bundle carried by an individual and lost. Characteristics and arrangement of the four artifacts indicate they are an uncommon assemblage for the region and are distinct from surrounding prehistoric sites. Therefore, the site is considered an outlier to the general regional pattern of observed site types. The kinds of artifacts a…
Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes
Note from the President
Arminto Petroglyphs
Detailed figure recording in 2002 indicates engraved figures are suffering from erosion caused by wind-blown sand from adjacent well pad construction. Approximately 27% of one figure has been lost in the last 20 years. Eventual loss of the two remaining horse figures will amount to loss of about 10% of all known North American armored horse petroglyphs, and 20% of those recorded on the northern Plains. Management agencies should consider mitigati…
Reply to Kehoe
Kehoe’s comments (2004) underscore the controversial and divisive nature of rock art research, especially application of the neuropsychological model of Lewis-Williams and Dowson (1988). In contrast to her assumptions, we are familiar with controversy surrounding the model, and we do not insinuate that all rock art sites are the work of shamans. Our article (Greer and Greer 2003) was limited to showing possible congruence between the model and a …
A Test for Shamanic Trance in Central Montana Rock Art
Pictographs believed to result from shamanic trance activities occur in some central Montana rock art sites. Symbolic self-portraits of shamans, with identification based on ethnographic analogy, are considered the most basic artistic evidence of shamanism. However, when attempting to infer shamanistic activity from rock art, it is necessary to test function with as many models as possible. Pictographs in Dillinger Cave (24CA346) in central Monta…
Handprints In Montana Rock Art
Human hands are portrayed in rock art in much of Montana, but are most frequent in the central part of the state where they are the only kind of figure at five sites. Production categories in Montana include impressed hands, stylized hands, and negative hands. Of the hands currently recorded in Montana, the impressed and negative categories are actual physical representations of hands and are therefore important for suggestions on the age and gen…
A Test for Shamanic Trance in Central Montana Rock Art
Pictographs believed to result from shamanic trance activities occur in some central Montana rock art sites. Symbolic self-portraits of shamans, with identification based on ethnographic analogy, are considered the most basic artistic evidence of shamanism. However, when attempting to infer shamanistic activity from rock art, it is necessary to test function with as many models as possible. Pictographs in Dillinger Cave (24CA346) in central Monta…
Handprints In Montana Rock Art
Human hands are portrayed in rock art in much of Montana, but are most frequent in the central part of the state where they are the only kind of figure at five sites. Production categories in Montana include impressed hands, stylized hands, and negative hands. Of the hands currently recorded in Montana, the impressed and negative categories are actual physical representations of hands and are therefore important for suggestions on the age and gen…
Reply to Kehoe
Kehoe’s comments (2004) underscore the controversial and divisive nature of rock art research, especially application of the neuropsychological model of Lewis-Williams and Dowson (1988). In contrast to her assumptions, we are familiar with controversy surrounding the model, and we do not insinuate that all rock art sites are the work of shamans. Our article (Greer and Greer 2003) was limited to showing possible congruence between the model and a …
Handprints In Montana Rock Art
Human hands are portrayed in rock art in much of Montana, but are most frequent in the central part of the state where they are the only kind of figure at five sites. Production categories in Montana include impressed hands, stylized hands, and negative hands. Of the hands currently recorded in Montana, the impressed and negative categories are actual physical representations of hands and are therefore important for suggestions on the age and gen…
A Test for Shamanic Trance in Central Montana Rock Art
Pictographs believed to result from shamanic trance activities occur in some central Montana rock art sites. Symbolic self-portraits of shamans, with identification based on ethnographic analogy, are considered the most basic artistic evidence of shamanism. However, when attempting to infer shamanistic activity from rock art, it is necessary to test function with as many models as possible. Pictographs in Dillinger Cave (24CA346) in central Monta…
Reply to Kehoe
Kehoe’s comments (2004) underscore the controversial and divisive nature of rock art research, especially application of the neuropsychological model of Lewis-Williams and Dowson (1988). In contrast to her assumptions, we are familiar with controversy surrounding the model, and we do not insinuate that all rock art sites are the work of shamans. Our article (Greer and Greer 2003) was limited to showing possible congruence between the model and a …
Arminto Petroglyphs
Detailed figure recording in 2002 indicates engraved figures are suffering from erosion caused by wind-blown sand from adjacent well pad construction. Approximately 27% of one figure has been lost in the last 20 years. Eventual loss of the two remaining horse figures will amount to loss of about 10% of all known North American armored horse petroglyphs, and 20% of those recorded on the northern Plains. Management agencies should consider mitigati…
Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes
Note from the President
Dry Creek medicine bundle, Northeastern Wyoming
A cluster of two nonlocal flakes and two crystals is believed to be the remaining contents of a small personal medicine bundle carried by an individual and lost. Characteristics and arrangement of the four artifacts indicate they are an uncommon assemblage for the region and are distinct from surrounding prehistoric sites. Therefore, the site is considered an outlier to the general regional pattern of observed site types. The kinds of artifacts a…
The Roebling site
A multicomponent rock art site in central Wyoming contains a pre-contact petroglyph panel and separate inscribed boulders, two with prehistoric petroglyphs and two with historic inscriptions. The petroglyph panel dates to the Late Prehistoric and is an example of Ceremonial Tradition rock art. Native American images on boulders are also likely Late Prehistoric, while historic boulder images are brands, presumably for sheep, and inscribed dates fr…
Archaeology (8 works) · History (6 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works) · Rock art (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Geology (4 works) · Geology (4 works) · Anthropology (2 works)