Ancient Arts

Discusses the mural in a chamber in Xultún that confirms the Mayan calendar does not predict that the world will end.

Video explanation, by Peggy Flores, an artist and educator, how the beliefs of the Australian Aborigines are reflected in their art, which in turn shows the connection between man and nature.

Examines the emergence of the Aboriginal art movement and its significance today in the context of the Will Owen and Harvey Wagner Collection of Aboriginal Australian Art. Duration: 1:04:07.

Examines Woodland pattern and Iroquoian-like pottery found on Isle Royale.

Canadian Heritage Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1998.

Construction, surfacing and decoration of pottery found north of Winnipeg with illustrations of the shards.

Article outlines one possible legal response to the imminent export of a scared object under the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.

Anthropology and Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1974.

A 'curse' copied from an old document. A translation of the original appears beside a photocopy of the original. The source is unknown.

Display and description of Alaskan Yup'ik ceremonial items and ancing masks prepared by a team of Yup'ik and others.

Explains the benefits of this technique over using chalk.

Brief introduction to petroglyph and pictograph art created by Native Americans.

Comments on the ethnographical study of the American Indian. Entire issue on one pdf. Refer to pages 305-319 for relevant article.

Reviews exhibition and additional context related to the awareness of these objects as ancient art.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2009.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Excerpt from Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Enthnology.

Member of the Saanich Native Heritage Society describes efforts to prevent the sale of an ancient West Coast Saanich bowl to an American dealer, and to have this cultural property returned to their people.

Comments on the role that visual imagery plays in the construction of culture.

A pictograph of a beaver at Rattler Creek, Saskatchewan.

Examines The Life and Studies of Benjamin West by John Galt to determine whether or not West likened the statue, Apollo Belvidere to a warrior.

Argues that construction of medicine wheels illustrates knowledge of stars and astronomy that the Indigenous people possessed.

Book review of: Visions of Sound: Musical Instruments of First Nations Communities in Northeastern America by Beverley Diamond, M. Sam Cronk and Franziska von Rosen.

Book reviews of 5 books: Service Delivery to Remote Communities edited by P. Loveday. Service Delivery to Outstations edited by P. Loveday. Aboriginal Arts and Crafts and the Market edited by P. Loveday and P. Cooke. The NAC Election in the Northern Territory 1981 by P. Loveday and D. Jaensch. Yugul: An Arnhem Land Cattle Station by Steven Thiele. Review located by scrolling to page 196.

Article uses archaeological, ethnographic, and oral history accounts to examine several masks and fragments recently recovered from the Nunalleq archeological site. Findings demonstrate strong pre-contact traditions of ceremonial mask making that continued post contact.

Examination of the extinct city of Cahokia Mounds, outside of Collinsville, Illinois, its historical decline and excavation it.

Discusses prehistoric arctic art, modern Inuit sculpture, imagery, materials, methods and regional styles.

Discusses cataloguing and development of computer oriented categories for rock paintings.

Examines a carving with rounded cheeks, and a crouching animal on its head.

Distinctively carved stone with three faces found by Bad Lake, Saskatchewan suggests possibility of prehistoric occupation or early migration from the south.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2003.

Website contains information on the destruction of Aboriginal heritage trees by industrial logging and it impact on First Nations identity and culture. Includes links to resources on totem poles and European trees,and related stories, digital media, and galleries.

Discusses three ceramic traditions of the Northwest plains including, Shoshone tradition (Great Falls ware), Pisamiks tradition (Ethridge ware in Alberta and Wascana ware in Saskatchewan), and Mandan tradition (Hagen ware).

New research suggests that the assumption that Casas Grandes area was abandoned after the fall of the primate centre may be mistaken.

Pottery found on the plains from 1500 to 1845 A.D. that was brought into the plains from the upper Mississippi valley or Great Lakes region.

Argues that Huron children were active participants in learning/teaching interactions which produced stylistic changes.

New rock varnish technique of cation-ratio dating determines that petroglyphs in California are older than previously thought.

Offers a critical review of the documentary The Lost Civilizations of North America, examining the way ‘civilization’ is defined and the evidence of pre-contact trade and settlement in North America presented in the film.

Offers a critical review of the documentary The Lost Civilizations of North America; examines specific artifacts referred to in the film and discusses their authenticity and/or controversy surrounding them.

"Exploration of art, culture and history through the ceramic and textile objects of the ancient and contemporary peoples of" Mexico, Central and South America. Information provided about the people and physical landscape.

History in Art Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 1999.

On information card: Collection of the historic artifacts found at La Loche House including a brass shoe buckle, cufflinks, buttons, clay pipes and tinkle cones. Methy Portage, SK.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1998.

Recommends further research regarding findings made on Tchula pottery found in the Lower Mississippi Valley.

Examines whether Inuit are the direct cultural and ancestal links to early inhabitants of Upper Paleolithic Europe and attempts to draw conclusions through comparison of art. This is Part I of a 2-part article, see also A Comparison of Eskimo and Palaeolithic Art. Part II. Non-Representative Art