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TheRwandie Halle: Scion and Antilles In Reve nue Masa Cre and Texe The Ave of Ambit Canine Arca oral 8-2 1994 Shama, Natal Modeling a he Rock Ar fF Waster Now| ‘Amotca Shan and Rsk et Nh Amerie by Tae, Fe ck Art Roda San Anon 1906 ng ain the Dee: Landis, Gender and ar Westen Noth ‘Ament Ar The carte Roer edly Chine SeUBC Tago py. 9- Cakes Une Ps Conte Waly. . eon 1Bo8 andr Arches Thea Pi Prem and Cove Aprons While .S, andL Ltaed ) 1954 Rew Ligon OU rs Rect Adv i Hunter Guth Rack Art ‘earch Manogaps ko Arse Une oa, Ara 1998” Fac Rock Art and Cuborl Grass: A MulivarateEaplortion. ln The “isting of Rokr cated Chappe sed S.C Tan 165-80 Chat Utety Pen Coe Wyle A TBED Epes linus Rady Src Aca Ie Spolcand ‘Scepter 34 etsy “aeom Band Rate eto) {oot The Anon Mind Candide Unive Po, Combe, ul Ethnographic Study and Symbolic Analysis Robert Layton & Echnogaphy Cwrting aout a people) isthe descriptive dimension of anoploey which documents peoples’ clture aad sca orpisation The ‘eu of sym invests the meaning of clement of ela. 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FUNCTION AND MEANING Anthroplogs adionally dings between the meng and fancion of ‘ecpelrl ie Thfimcton of cto ht en define th cnt ‘makes tomtafing the inddnalnene theo ofl eats (tnowa 192281516, 1954:202; Radel Brom 1952178-79) Noe all mason ock havea yale vale day sng bedheprodctodzence Petites Axe and sed-inding halos re woldcumente Acta, ‘hile "op mars” on rocks n Kenya may have sed grid fet, gut, (rion ore (Layton 98628-91924, 181-85, Oak 9896-63, 99160) ‘Andre Royenfl deveeping an argument aanced by Anthony Fore) hs Suge are dtngushing trl mating” richarhand en wich ‘eer perens vt o stdin with ace, fom rock atin the sit Sens, wich das upon a body ofrepular mouse eres cural cont (org 191, send 1993) Rosell em the ter a referential aio log, for esos ven low prefer to ae he erm ere “The dsanton tecween purely struments symbole scons not clearcut Jnepine Fd har shown thc even nstumenl ston may be ‘mediated byanunflrthery offelog The Wardanano Norther Asan Pound he edges frock gen slr ela the poe nthe el atid ade grower make the rock Hed" during eainmaking ial (eed 1997:81-53) Heamodson desrbes plished eaves found a¢ mmr of an 12_ Rose ron secures in Sweden andthe Al which a archon podcedby ating {ere er snpeing worden eset orton be that he {elon erected y barca women oom he rcsinth ope af ‘nfl Hermalin 995), The eed cover tn rmayhe charac in oth aehetiand yatta yam 9948) snd wile co te miinSton ‘Moped in my sy of Avsalon ck star conse of dlberte ‘Setmazato duth vel roe (Layton 992). Ar ney Ob pus {@Mockaisatportne oat’ ial commun te heh td ned nro (99427, he oe ‘Ryoranctof lunging berwee eal and tape eadege INetoeas) Hetce he def retin rock ay Bre work tht ‘Smmancate iment eal slr Barr 97 bres Monin on Teck at neces oun bol: Mane Bice and dharcontmporery nck cgunings nse nd lage of Bano arr ey nty herby paring thine whe watching over thalverc The ips ne wakes ae oar ae hands aed {Ecotec dig Bochner 194) a Kaya yong Sombre ior re ‘SLA fom he one snd when otto cme brabus ‘ling opnd mathe elo cee arting mest. They smetis ain pote of erty ito th mal of he hers (Odsk 19269). "Rng ahr a sughtring dengan the open a inal competing cn eed tern stab hee hey ae fits ue aed eae and hich noel wean en {Re pneoyof precne ary 9922-5, cing Gomey 1973). ‘Sle. well doumentes Aun, hee ping enn sma aw oer fat hrs kd eg ord een at ‘evr Maloney 96). The toga rckarte be Nore as (Noh Amen wc snot ah ar warn hes Sli ‘Seer dopcngctat eading an semaine cue ater Sir pio heme clef the Nerthorn Paine er 87 per nd Corey) Ercan ot ere reste wth e's ‘als Absalon png of honest Eaopen hp te ted the Ghathsns evens ef coll dona Homeraing nde hilton ‘featur mpl he ten a dercapetonheNort Amen ‘Phine shed oe ecsachng soil oer Rock Art AND REUGION Abwost dination cane dawn among the types ofreligon ereseinrock fre between those in whith the ight Co paint or engrave mol sigal ‘membership of loupe within he omer (tem tras) nd those ‘Soraccrsed by indval meriip of tots ahived hough peal ommmnton (shaman rons) Ennoone Swov mo Saaoue Aunt 212 ne ofthe bert cuted tadtons of namie rock art tha ofthe Kimberley region of nortwest Aura (rare ofthe exe cate mand current indigenous knoe of thao, ee Laon 9925593— 4h Tn the Kimber each cn ie aoeated with an ancestral being or ‘odin Vain afc anni wich the Wado ed or nae Ahurng the erenton pea bee the mina eens ofthe dan Eventually ‘ch Wandin choses emir (danfince demu) wich hor sbehetow “onthe cn, Ting uaeing the Wanda pied hizo tag on ‘de wallofarokabler hin the terry sometimes nua ema om, torectinests nv anima caniveatin. The incr ttre we ent ‘Besame shel As Diy Utemar, senior woman fo the eon xin, “When we waned whe plenty yams or etc, we woul gobock to that ac and pain them again” (Utemra with Vnnzembe 1992325). Pepe gh {hat flow or inher hee Wandina (Laon 199237, Utcmara wth inno 192:25} andthe at of repay the ancl Rgure sone ‘aprenion of dhs erage. David Mowat entire roc upon which ‘he Wand ar pine whan Dearing (Vino and Mast 1995:234. The Wandin also lef the spits of uno chen in pool of | ter within dc can terior which Moa equates wth the Wandin’ elton inthe wate, “generating supng kid fem the ame image coming Fomthe me” (bid53). The bet Inonm cee temic rckarin Nort [Amer that ofthe Hopi ac ow) "Thebes record cane of aan ock ats tht of the Calbia Pena ‘of Non Americ, The edogrphie teed fom the Calbia Plea, he thacof the Atsealan Kimber esens fom ist eon acount gen the eats ethnographers to the realtons of ede whe have provided esnunt ed on thes personal experience nthe 1990 Not only ihre eer norman on th reltonahip hereon rock art the que fr on, ud amannm, bt so dnet cece aca igure the mao of them {aitings One chap giea the worl ppentas acct ce"pome™ {Barbas 1960:207-9). Some pigmene sources are sa we oe review fa ann Keyser and Ca Cash yon which the felloving suman i based) Every known anima together with ats, mythlogal gts and heal tras flue nthe Spink Quer Pople ited exeingyltingr ithe esse ‘he pining had been pot there y someone who went on 9 receive Fd power cr becae the spits themles were thought to have ered the ‘sing, Von ere ndcel bythe fngand anes cies unde by thos questing Sometimes dhe very at of pining oF engraving rock a Induced vison hough, mote froueny the art mas a eoed a 2 iso lr achive. Some rock at appents to have ben eeted by poesia Shamans as an adveticment for thet power ut since al adults wth any ‘ocnl standinghadsccode nthe von ques rodkar indepen the Tse Walker cones here adhd ion qu sein the other esky Mountain selon (Walker 19107, 10 sce alo Ray 1939 and Cine 1938, bth ceed in Hann Keyser and Cash Cathe.) 3o4_ Roser ro ‘There ialoetnogaphiceidecethat ctor sees fearing uri and pening the rock tof the Colaba Pan re the ret of ning ‘op (Te 1806 ced in Hann, Keyser and Cash Cash nd). Snseone expe ‘sexe bung thespos ascred wth one untan ptthewo tees Screed. Ai Yorks contemporary tiv omer, commenta “The ing Uhatthehune wnt tha the wa ou wre Lsbows eka caught cher Inhimind" vk arthreaghined somone (herr) hams figure athe dram of shane vung his power (Mk, Dale and AME 1993, etd in Han, Keyser and Cash Cash.) (Gerardo Richl-Dolmatofdocinentl shaman rok ats South Anes sth ingen Taco peoples Vaupes sagen ef Clem (Rei Dotmst 1967. Jost a the other Barra San bleed God Inve bon ety the tlingof the a clade the Taranoan people of the northwestern Amazon beloved game animal be under the protection of ‘engi the "Master o{ Animus Ashman in eance can enter te ile ‘sn agit the release of animal fot he rou o Bn, echange forthe ‘culo thse who a ken the ule of pod eon we ale Alou Fmtrs ati thex ll shaman vn theme ait nro the sia they ave ase the Materof Animal to rele Onomerc mot pine acer tothe animal gues reset fecundity, Rows of dot dept drop fame esjlin the succion fener, Geomet shapes tle he bes farm pintings denote the anal fei Rech Dolmaof was aa thac thee forms mre chore of aman rane experene and regarded ‘hm dest nde teh nero ye Rech Demat 1978), ‘pointer taken up Lows Willa and Domaon nhs of Souther Sanrocksre (Lew Wiliams and Doman 988) Reichel Damato conde ‘he scaumulation of many supermpsed pints the lst mucha, Ob ‘idence of the langiy ofthis taton, ‘Whidey has eviewed the tnograpie documentation of shamans rock uti thefar west of Noth Amerie He find good evidence rts proton fd se nthe een pas in south-central and southern Clorin (Whiley 199231-85). Shamans panel her pt person the oc x people ee ‘wha thy fad experianced When trance shamans entered the rock tal ‘nee "rowned” ina pol of water “ed” Caves were considered entrances todhe sp word Inside the sk one encountered opt agecies ed | the ay ber oratlesnae. The ty of ears to darn and owas inthe rock mae them emblems of wane experience (Whitey 1920). ‘Waar Can Be LEARNED FROM ETHNOGRAPHY? Eshneraphen regu Fost tron the ind fps iafcematon which agchucologts confine othe materi remains oti fad we Tan, “askovec and Hilly Sultan, horeer alclted tata Wes Arse Lapdarest equied seven hours to colli pment and ates, Boni ‘cen to ity minute o paint» gue Thy pun tthe pment and fraies would often be ltd in the coune of raging (Hacowee and Enmoawinic Swor aw Snacic Aunt 818 ‘Sulla 1989-70, se suo Malvaney 196:5-1) lite Sith hat oor ‘des tha shows he preparation pgmentrand Rate in southern Arrest Tana (Sth 1993), "Whereverthe representational gas frock ca eden gues

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