
Pictographs of the North American Indians
Illustrated EditionBy Garrick MalleryLength11h 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
26Instruments Used in Pictography
2Introductory
27Instruments for Carving
3Distribution of Petroglyphs in North America
28Instruments for Drawing
4Northeastern Rock Carvings
29Instruments for Painting
5Rock Carvings in Pennsylvania
30Instruments for Tattooing
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6Rock Carvings in Ohio
31Colors and Methods of Application
7Rock Carvings in West Virginia
32In the United States
8Rock Carvings in the Southern States
33In British Guiana
9Rock Carvings in Iowa
34Significance of Colors
10Rock Carvings in Minnesota
35Materials upon which Pictographs are Made
11Rock Carvings in Wyoming and in Idaho
36Natural Objects
12Rock Carvings in Nevada
37The Human Person
13Rock Carvings in Oregon and in Washington
38Artificial Objects
14Rock Carvings in Utah
39Mnemonic
15Rock Carvings in Colorado
40The Quipu of the Peruvians
16Rock Carvings in New Mexico
41Notched Sticks
17Rock-Carvings in Arizona
42Order of Songs
18Rock Carvings in California
43Traditions
19Colored Pictographs on Rocks
44Treaties
20Foreign Petroglyphs
45War
21Petroglyphs in South America
46Time (pt. 1)
22Petroglyphs in British Guiana
47Time (pt. 2)
23Petroglyphs in Brazil
48Notification
24Pictographs in Peru
49Notice of Departure and Direction
25Objects Represented in Pictographs
50Notice of Condition