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1) INDIAN ROCK ART: A NATIONAL TREASURE IN DANGER
Unrecognized, unprotected, this priceless legacy of primitive art has endured the
ravages of nature only to fall victim to wanton destruction by ,,civilized" man.
Like the huge stone statues of Easter Island and prehistoric cave paintings of
Altamira and Lascaux, North American Indian rock art is surrounded by an
atmosphere of mystery. Although examples of rock art exist at some 15000 sites in
canyons, deserts, caves and river gorges. Nowadays, however, primitive rock art in
the United States has become a new field of scientific study. Klaus F Wellmann wrote
two books about rock art. He is a professor of medicine. Rock art represents the
history of aboriginal Americans. In the most cases the art is an expression of ideas
and way of life, ritual ceremonies, hunting, fighting. The pictures of people and
animals are often strikingly lifelike and artistic.
Many of these ancient relics have ...
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