Exploring B.C.'s Pictographs: A Guide to Native Rock Art in the British Columbia Interior

Description

An explorer's guide to one of BC's best kept secrets the mysterious world of Indian rock paintings. Come discover over 250 pictograph sites while you travel through the interior of British Columbia. From the Fraser to the Columbia River, from the Okanagan Valley to the big lakes of the northern Interior, these sites are much more than a fascinating display; they are an important part of Canadian heritage. No other book has attempted to fully reveal the hidden archaeological treasures until now. In addition to directions and descriptions to over 250 sites, many published for the first time, we have included an Icon Dictionary and a description of early shamanism. We have even had the audacity to suggest meaning for some of the sites. Perhaps these added features will begin a debate on the meaning of these writings. We invite you to join us in discovering and interpreting the many pictograph sites in the province. You will find the quest stimulating physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. "The importance of such a book coming into existence is that it fills a void that has been long unexplored by the rest of the academic, social and historical world."