Captured in Stone: Women in the Rock Art of Canyon de Chelly.

Travis, Tara

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ERIC Number: EJ563370

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Captured in Stone: Women in the Rock Art of Canyon de Chelly.

Travis, Tara

OAH Magazine of History, v12 n1 p14-15 Fall 1997

Describes the pictographs (painted images on stone) and petroglyphs (pecked images on stone) found in the Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona. Canyon de Chelly includes one of the largest concentrations of American Indian rock art in the southwest. Discusses the depiction of women in these images. (MJP)

Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Archaeology, Females, History Instruction, Material Culture, Painting (Visual Arts), United States History, Visual Arts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Arizona

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