Hi Meena, Those people simply had other ideas than realistic depictions. They were absolute masters of design, and they created some stunningly great art- have you ever seen the animals, birds, and fishes on Mimbres pottery? --some of the most wonderful creatures ever drawn anywhere. Their images and designs had symbolic and religious meaning, they were not intended to be likenesses. The "hominid" drawings were of spirits, not people. You can still see some related forms today in Hopi, Zuni and Pueblo kachina masks. Thanks very much for sharing these with us.
--John Greenly On Jan 13, 2012, at 8:09 PM, Meena Haribal wrote: > Hi All, > > I visited Three River Petraglyphs in New Mexico near Tularosa. I was > impressed by number of birds and animals they have drawn. I took lots of > pictures, but have uploaded a few on to my Picasa website. i invite you to > try identify the birds by their GISS. I have tried my luck and would love to > know what others think. You can comment on the Picasa page itself so others > can see. Great way to sharpen your skills and think of what could have been > found between 900 to 1400 AD. > > But I also thought this, during the same period, people in Eurasia had > mastered the art and had drawn and sculpted real life like likeness of > drawings. Some of the miniature painting from Rajasthan in Western India drew > minute birds with such details that with upside down binoculars when I looked > at them I could identify many of them to species level. So my question is why > these people had difficulty in drawing pictures of real likeness. Why was > their evolution so slow compared to people of the other parts of the world. > > But nevertheless, they were interested in their surroundings and nature. > > https://picasaweb.google.com/mharibal/ThreeRiverPetraglyphsOfNewMexico# > > Are there any Finger lakes art preserved somewhere that I can visit? > > Some of the hominid pictures in Three Rivers looked like that they were > drawing aliens! Very few drawings look like real human beings. > > Cheers > Meena > > PS;For more information on Three Rivers here is site > http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/recreation/las_cruces/three_rivers.html > > > > > > Meena Haribal > Ithaca NY 14850 > http://haribal.org/ > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
