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Article: ART OF THE WARRIORS: Rock Art of the American Plains

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July 1, 2006
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ART OF THE WARRIORS Rock Art of the American Plains James D. Keyser University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. 2004. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography. 128 pp. $45.00 cloth.

With Art of the Warriors, James D. Keyser and the University of Utah Press have created a richly illustrated, beautifully produced, and well-written coffee-table book on rock art intended for a general audience.

Keyser reveals his passion for his subject in the first chapter as he shows readers the beauty of rock art and its cultural significance to historic Plains tribes. He also provides a good summary of the Great Plains history and prehistory, broken down into the standard paleoindian, archaic, late ...

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