Pictographs of the North American Indians. A preliminary paper / Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 3-256
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
A PRELIMINARY PAPER.
BY GARRICK MALLERY.
ON THE PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
Garrick Mallery
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CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTORY.
DISTRIBUTION OF PETROGLYPHS IN NORTH AMERICA.
NORTHEASTERN ROCK CARVINGS.
ROCK CARVINGS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
ROCK CARVINGS IN OHIO.
ROCK CARVINGS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
ROCK CARVINGS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
ROCK CARVINGS IN IOWA.
ROCK CARVINGS IN MINNESOTA.
ROCK CARVINGS IN WYOMING AND IN IDAHO.
ROCK CARVINGS IN NEVADA.
ROCK CARVINGS IN OREGON AND IN WASHINGTON.
ROCK CARVINGS IN UTAH.
ROCK CARVINGS IN COLORADO.
ROCK CARVINGS IN NEW MEXICO.
ROCK-CARVINGS IN ARIZONA.
ROCK CARVINGS IN CALIFORNIA.
COLORED PICTOGRAPHS ON ROCKS.
FOREIGN PETROGLYPHS.
PETROGLYPHS IN SOUTH AMERICA.
PETROGLYPHS IN BRITISH GUIANA.
PETROGLYPHS IN BRAZIL.
PICTOGRAPHS IN PERU.
OBJECTS REPRESENTED IN PICTOGRAPHS.
INSTRUMENTS USED IN PICTOGRAPHY.
INSTRUMENTS FOR CARVING.
INSTRUMENTS FOR DRAWING.
INSTRUMENTS FOR PAINTING.
INSTRUMENTS FOR TATTOOING.
COLORS AND METHODS OF APPLICATION.
IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN BRITISH GUIANA.
SIGNIFICANCE OF COLORS.
MATERIALS UPON WHICH PICTOGRAPHS ARE MADE.
NATURAL OBJECTS.
THE HUMAN PERSON.
ARTIFICIAL OBJECTS.
MNEMONIC.
THE QUIPU OF THE PERUVIANS.
NOTCHED STICKS.
ORDER OF SONGS.
TRADITIONS.
TREATIES.
WAR.
TIME.
NOTIFICATION.
NOTICE OF DEPARTURE AND DIRECTION.
NOTICE OF CONDITION.
WARNING AND GUIDANCE.
CHARTS OF GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES.
CLAIM OR DEMAND.
MESSAGES AND COMMUNICATIONS.
RECORD OF EXPEDITION.
TOTEMIC.
TRIBAL DESIGNATIONS.
GENTILE OR CLAN DESIGNATIONS.
PERSONAL DESIGNATIONS.
PROPERTY MARKS.
STATUS OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
SIGNS OF PARTICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS.
RELIGIOUS.
MYTHIC PERSONAGES.
SHAMANISM.
DANCES AND CEREMONIES.
MORTUARY PRACTICES.
GRAVE-POSTS.
CHARMS AND FETICHES.
CUSTOMS.
ASSOCIATIONS.
DAILY LIFE AND HABITS.
TRIBAL HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHIC.
CONTINUOUS RECORD OF EVENTS IN LIFE.
PARTICULAR EXPLOITS AND EVENTS.
IDEOGRAPHS.
ABSTRACT IDEAS.
SYMBOLISM.
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PICTOGRAPHERS.
GENERAL STYLE OR TYPE.
PRESENCE OF CHARACTERISTIC OBJECTS.
MODES OF INTERPRETATION.
HOMOMORPHS AND SYMMORPHS.
CONVENTIONALIZING.
ERRORS AND FRAUDS.
SUGGESTIONS TO COLLABORATORS.
Index
