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- 9780889223318
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Talonbooks, The Limited
ISBN-10
0889223319
ISBN-13
9780889223318
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1116965
Product Key Features
Book Title
They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever : Rock Writings in the Stein River Valley of British Columbia
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Indigenous Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
1993
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
35.7 Oz
Item Length
10.2 in
Item Width
8.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"... the most complete published record of these rock paintings to date." -- American Anthropologist
Synopsis
'Nlaka'pamux elder York explains the red-ochre inscriptions on rocks of the Stein Valley, a landmark in the evolution of writing., In They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever , 'Nlaka'pamux elder Annie York explains the red-ochre inscriptions written on the rocks and cliffs of the lower Stein Valley in British Columbia. This is perhaps the first time that a Native elder has presented a detailed and comprehensive explanation of rock-art images from her people's culture. As Annie York's narratives unfold, we are taken back to the fresh wonder of childhood, as well as to a time in human society when people and animals lived together in one psychic dimension. This book describes, among many other things, the solitary spiritual meditations of young people in the mountains, once considered essential education. Astrological predictions, herbal medicine, winter spirit dancing, hunting, shamanism, respect for nature, midwifery, birth and death, are some of the topics that emerge from Annie's reading of the trail signs and other cultural symbols painted on the rocks. She firmly believed that this knowledge should be published so that the general public could understand why, as she put it, "The Old People reverenced those sacred places like that Stein." They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever opens a discussion of some of the issues in rock-art research that relate to "notating" and "writing" on the landscape, around the world and through the millennia. This landmark publication presents a well-reasoned hypothesis to explain the evolution of symbolic or iconic writing from sign language, trail signs and from the geometric and iconic imagery of the dreams and visions of shamans and neophyte hunters. This book suggests that the resultant images, written or painted on stone, constitute a Protoliteracy which has assisted both the conceptualization and communication of hunting peoples' histories, philosophies, morals and ways life, and prepared the human mind for the economic, sociological and intellectual developments, including alphabetic written language., "...an invaluable record...of a vanishing culture". -- Toronto Star "...a combination of academic exposition and plain-folks narrative that entertains while it educates". -- Georgia Straight
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