Painting Methods and Process—a Compositional Analysis of Pecos River Style Murals
Author(s): Ashley Busby
Year: 2024
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
A compositional analysis of pictographs of the Lower Pecos (LP) Canyonlands, located in Southwest Texas and Northern Mexico is presented. The complex systems utilized by LP artists in their painting process are examined, including symmetrical organization of forms and intentional arrangements of figures in a scene (typically a portion of the site). A dimensional analysis of the paintings include on-site measurements and experimental reproductions of common mark-making techniques. An analysis of the formal elements of shape, line, space, and diversity of mark-making in these paintings demonstrates the ways in which LP artists built expressive, visual narratives.
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Painting Methods and Process—a Compositional Analysis of Pecos River Style Murals. Ashley Busby. Presented at The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2024 ( tDAR id: 499829)
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Keywords
Geographic Keywords
North America: Southern Southwest U.S.
Spatial Coverage
min long: -123.97; min lat: 25.958 ; max long: -92.549; max lat: 37.996 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 39589.0