A guide to the rock art of the Plains region that stretches from the Rockies to the western Dakotas.

The seemingly endless variety of images include humans, animals of all kinds, weapons, masks, mazes, handprints, finger lines, geometric and abstract forms, tally marks, hoofprints, and the wavy lines and starbursts that humans universally associate with trancelike states. Plains Indian Rock Art is the ultimate guide to the art form. It covers the natural and archaeological history of the north-western Plains; explains rock art forms, techniques, styles, terminology, and dating; and offers interpretations of images and compositions.

Contents
Part I. Introduction and Background
Introduction to Rock Art
Dating Rock Art
Interpreting Rock Art
The Area and Its History
Native Cultures of the Northwestern Plains
Part II. Rock Art Traditions of the Northwestern Plains
Early Hunting Tradition
Columbia Plateau Tradition
Dinwoody Tradition
En Toto Pecked Tradition
Pecked Abstract Tradition
Foothills Abstract Tradition
Hoofprint Tradition
Ceremonial Tradition
Biographic Tradition
Robe and Ledger Art Tradition
Vertical Series Tradition
Summary and Conclusions