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    Jumano and Patarabueye Relations at La Junta de los Rios Review Author(s]: Harry J. Shafer American Antiquity, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), 207-208. Stable URL hitp:/Mlinks jstororg/sii sici=0002-73 16% 28198901%2954%3A 1%3C207%3ATAPRAL%3E2,0,CO%3B2-0 American Antiquity is currently published by Society for American Archaeology ‘Your use of the ISTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use, available at hutp:/uk,jstor.org/abouvterms.himl. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obiained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of journal or multiple copies oF articles, and you ‘may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use, Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at hupfuk,jstor.org/journals/sam- html Each copy of any part of @ JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the sereen or printed page of such transmission. STOR is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of scholarly journals. For more information regarding JSTOR, please contact support @jstor.org, hups//uk jstorzorg/ Wed Mar 2 01:58:08 2005, REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTES River Sle, was divided into four periods by W. W. [Newcomb based upon superimposition. This style is characterized best by large anthropomorphic figures, foften refered 1038 shamans, who hold atlatls, pouches. {throwing sticks, ete. While itis noted tht there are no “similar figures inthe rock art of nearby areas, some of these figures bear resemblance 10 those from Barvier ‘Canyon, Utah, as noted by Schaatma (The Rock Art of Uiah, 1971) The later Red Monochrome Style is fnarked by human figures carrying bows and arrows Haman figures in tis style appear more realistic and less surrealistic than those of the Pecos River Sty ‘The Red Linear Sisle, of limite distribution, consists ‘of small paintings of humans and animals. Histor period pictograpts portray horses, churches, etc. EX fellent color and black and white photographs By Jim ‘this chapter and others enhance the book, ‘would be helpful to have a scale in the Printed and engraved pebbles are also par of the art of the Lower Pecos. These occur in deposits that date 2, 8500 10580 BP. Analyses ofthese pebbles by Mark Parsons showed that all shared three base clements ‘and could be grouped into six syles. Early styles It cam toe quite geometric, but in siles § and 6 the Debbie designs appear to represent human Tes Detaled discussions of rock art by other contributors follow. Terence Grieder discusses methods for record ing, dating, and inteepretng pitographs. Solveig Tur pin adds more data on the Red Monochrome and later Styles of pictograpts, "To attempt to understand how the art might have fanctioned inthe Lower Pecos, Shaler includes a de- scription of Bushman art in southern Africa and the Fock aft of Australian Aborigines. More detailed dis fussion of Bushman paintings is presented by Megan Biesele who notes the recent interpretations of the paintings by Lewis-Willams as depictions of trance States and soul transformations. A good discussion of ‘Australian rock art by Richard Gould shows how the paintings reflect Aboriginal culture. This art contrasts ‘with tat ofthe Lower Pecos, which Gould sees as mare ‘variable and expressive than that of Australia, He su {ests the Lower Pecos wasa more fluent environment that allowed more individual variation in the at ‘A good discussion of shamanism by Peter Furst pro- vides information on the role of hallacinogens and ecstatic tances in religion. He notes the possibility that Some ofthe paintings may represent images seen by people who had ingested mescal beans, Sophora se ‘unalifira. Furst’ description ofthe shaman ecstatic texperience is similar to the trance slate deseribed by ‘Lewis- Willams for Bushman paintings Thhe book concludes with a note on the destruction of archaeological sits and a short history of archaco- Togical work in the Lower Pecos. Allin all, itis an ‘excellent introduction tothe archacology ofthe Lower Pecos River. While more detailed discussions of the Fock ar are present in The Rock st of the Texas In- dans (Kirkland and Newcomb 1967) and in site re- pots, Ancient Texans provides a very readable syn thesis ofthe archacology which ean be enjoyed by both the general public and professional archacclogists. Jumano and Patarabueye Relations at La Junta de fos ‘Rios J. CHARLES KELLEY, with forward by JOHN D. SPETH. Anthropological Papers No. 77. Mu- scum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann ‘Arbor, 1986. xvii + 180 pp, illustrations. plates, biblio: $1.00 (papen. Reviewed by Harry J, Shafer, Texas A&M Univer ‘The area west of the Pecos River in Trans-Pocos ‘Texas and adjacent portions of Coahuila and Chihua- hua, Mexico, constitutes one of the least known ar

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