Talking with Pictures
It seems that man has always wanted to express himself with drawings. Early man often used stones to peck on rocks as well as paint to leave his messages. He recorded ceremonies, hunts, dreams, maps, animals and daily life. Just to clarify the terms: ‘pictograph’ is anything depicted on a stone surface – carved, pecked or painted. ‘Petroglyph’ is the technical word for anything carved or pecked. I’ve always been fascinated by pictographs. And I take photographs of the images whenever I am fortunate to find them. Hopi, Pueblo, Paiute Navajo and Anasazi have left drawings on rocks all over the Southwest. It is great to live in this area of pictorial wealth! I just came across William Michael Stokes and William Lee Stokes book “Messages on Stone – Selections of Native Western Rock Art “. The images are divided into types – Apparel and Adornment, Birds, The Corn Maidens, Design, etc. Great little book for kids and adults! ...