Pictographs of the North American Indians
Illustrated EditionBy Garrick Mallery
Length11h 23m
About this audiobook
A pictograph is a writing by picture. It conveys and records an idea or occurrence by graphic means without the use of words or letters. The execution of the pictures of which it is composed often exhibits the first crude efforts of graphic art, and their study in that relation is of value. When pictures are employed as writing the conception intended to be presented is generally analyzed, and only its most essential points are indicated, with the result that the characters when frequently repeated become conventional, and in their later forms cease to be recognizable as objective portraitures. A general deduction made after several years of study of pictographs of all kinds found among the North American Indians is that they exhibit very little trace of mysticism or of esotericism in any form. They are objective representations and cannot be treated as ciphers or cryptographs in any attempt at their interpretation. A knowledge of the customs, costumes, including arrangement of hair, paint, and all tribal designations, and of their histories and traditions is essential to the understanding of their drawings, for which reason some of those particulars known to have influenced pictography are set forth in this book, and others are suggested which possibly had a similar influence.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Other
Length11 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Pictographs of the North American Indians
44Treaties
2Introductory
45War
3Distribution of Petroglyphs in North America
46Time (pt. 1)
4Northeastern Rock Carvings
47Time (pt. 2)
5Rock Carvings in Pennsylvania
48Notification
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6Rock Carvings in Ohio
49Notice of Departure and Direction
7Rock Carvings in West Virginia
50Notice of Condition
8Rock Carvings in the Southern States
51Warning and Guidance
9Rock Carvings in Iowa
52Charts of Geographic Features
10Rock Carvings in Minnesota
53Claim or Demand
11Rock Carvings in Wyoming and in Idaho
54Messages and Communications
12Rock Carvings in Nevada
55Record of Expedition
13Rock Carvings in Oregon and in Washington
56Totemic
14Rock Carvings in Utah
57Tribal Designations
15Rock Carvings in Colorado
58Gentile or Clan Designations
16Rock Carvings in New Mexico
59Personal Designations
17Rock-Carvings in Arizona
60Property Marks
18Rock Carvings in California
61Status of the Individual
19Colored Pictographs on Rocks
62Signs of Particular Achievements
20Foreign Petroglyphs
63Religious
21Petroglyphs in South America
64Mythic Personages
22Petroglyphs in British Guiana
65Shamanism
23Petroglyphs in Brazil
66Dances and Ceremonies
24Pictographs in Peru
67Mortuary Practices
25Objects Represented in Pictographs
68Grave-Posts
26Instruments Used in Pictography
69Charms and Fetiches
27Instruments for Carving
70Customs
28Instruments for Drawing
71Associations
29Instruments for Painting
72Daily Life and Habits
30Instruments for Tattooing
73Tribal History
31Colors and Methods of Application
74Biographic
32In the United States
75Continuous Record of Events in Life
33In British Guiana
76Particular Exploits and Events
34Significance of Colors
77Ideographs
35Materials upon which Pictographs are Made
78Abstract Ideas
36Natural Objects
79Symbolism
37The Human Person
80Identification of the Pictographers
38Artificial Objects
81General Style or Type
39Mnemonic
82Presence of Characteristic Objects
40The Quipu of the Peruvians
83Modes of Interpretation: Homomorphs and Symmorphs
41Notched Sticks
84Conventionalizing
42Order of Songs
85Errors and Frauds
43Traditions
86Suggestions to Collaborators
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