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“I Was in the Thick of the Fight:” Counting Coup at 48SW82, Southwestern Wyoming (2011)
Coup counting is a central theme of Plains Biographic art in all media, occurring both as scenes of personal combat and as tallies of unfortunate enemies on whom coup has been counted. While combat scenes are undoubtedly the most common Biographic art depiction (Figure 1), tallies proclaiming a career’s worth of accomplishments resulting from a series of such combat episodes are more frequent than has been portrayed in the Biographic art literature. [...] One such Biographic coup count tally and...
"My Name Was Made High:" A Crow War Record at 48HO9 (2011)
Until quite recently the Bighorn Basin has not been known for its Biographic rock art imagery. In fact, in their excellent overview of the region, Francis and Loendorf (2002:179-183) note only two sites in the Bighorn Basin proper—Military Creek and Mahogany Buttes—that contain horses and riders, and both of those are in the Bighorn Mountain foothills on the basin’s extreme eastern edge.1 They also note (Francis and Loendorf 2002:181) that “illustrations of Historic period weaponry are less...
"My Name Was Made High:" A Crow War Record at 48HO9 (2010)
Until quite recently the Bighorn Basin has not been known for its Biographic rock art imagery. In fact, in their excellent overview of the region, Francis and Loendorf (2002:179-183) note only two sites in the Bighorn Basin proper—Military Creek and Mahogany Buttes—that contain horses and riders, and both of those are in the Bighorn Mountain foothills on the basin’s extreme eastern edge.1 They also note (Francis and Loendorf 2002:181) that “illustrations of Historic period weaponry are less...
Overview of Wind River Basin Rock Art (1995)
In the Wind River and southern portion of the Big Horn Basins there are ancient Native American drawings of super-humanoids, animals, and geometric figures. Exactitude in understanding or deciphering these ancient religious/artistic endeavors is not available, however, a general understanding and expanded appreciation can be obtained. And, hopefully with that understanding, a desire to see they are protected from both intentional and unintentional vandalism.