North American Petroforms
Questions of the Chronological and Cultural Placement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19558658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jack Steinbring, Norman Muller (0009-0006-8034-9721) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Palethnologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2108-6532 • E-ISSN: 2108-6532 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/palethnologie.3066 |
| OpenAlex | W4381740244 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The arrangement of stones on a flat surface constitutes one of the most fundamental symbolic acts among rock art traditions. It is worldwide and offers many variations. In North America, the practice is spread from coast to coast, and is expressed as anything from a few boulders laid out in the shape of a turtle to large and complex arrangements of many features linked together by stone lines as at the Tie Creek site. Uses of these features could range from individual acts by vision supplican
Archaeology · Geography · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Geology
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |