The Rock Art of Abo Pueblo: Analyzing a Cultural Palimpsest

Type Title Author Additional Authors Year Publisher Copyright ISBN URL
Other The Rock Art of Abo Pueblo: Analyzing a Cultural Palimpsest Helene Denise Smith 1998 The University of New Mexico Helene Denise Smith, 1998 URL

Description:

For the first time, all imaages on stone located with in the Abo Unit of Salinas National Monument have been recorded. This dissertation begins an initial exploration into meaningful patterns of cultural interaction between the art of Abo Pueblo and its physical landscape. Rock art, a product of human social behaviors, shapes and defines landscape space. Traces of these behaviors are analyzed with new tools available with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.