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An Analysis of the Prehistoric and Historic Rock Art of West-Central Colorado BLM LIBRARY 88015493 AN ANALYSIS OF THE PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC ROCK ART OF WEST-CENTRAL COLORADO • •• • • / Sally J. Cole BUREAU of LAND MANAGEMENT COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SERIES (Number 21 r . c c Errata for "An Analysis of the Prehistoric and Historic Rock Art of West-Central Colorado." Pg. iv, Line 6: omit "quotation marks". Pg. v, Line 19 "Glen" should be "Glenn". Line 24 "Umcompahgre" should be "Uncompahgre". Pg. vii, Line 28 Chapter title should be "The Formative Stage: Rock Art of the Anasazi and Fremont". Line 29 Section title should be "Anasazi Rock Art". Line 30 Subsection title should be "Basketmaker Rock Art 127". Line 31 Subsection title should be "Site Descriptions and Discussion 129". Line 32 Subsection title should be "Abajo/Lasal Anasazi Rock Art 132". Line 33 Subsection title should be "Site Descriptions and Discussion 137". Line 34 Section title should be "Fremont Rock Art". Pg. viii, Line 3: Chapter title should be "Rock Art of the Proto/Historic Period". Line 4: Section title should be "Ute Rock Art". Line 5: Subsection j title should be "Late Historic Ute Indian Rock Art Style". Line 7: Subsection title should be "Early Historic Ute Indian Rock Art Style". Pg. ix Line 17: "Petroglyphs" should be "petroglyphs". Pg. xii Line 34 "on" should be "in". Pg. xiii Line 18 "5ME1653" should be "5ME163". Line 20 "5ME1267" should be "5ME167". Chapter 1 Pg- 5, Line 2 Table headers should be the same as on pp. 3-4. Line 42 omit "4°E". Pg. 6, Line 1 "(Reed)" should be "(Reed 1984)". Chapter 2 Pg. 13 Line 10 "technocomplex" should be "technocomplex" . Pg- 15 Line 26 "(1986:11)" should be "(1986:209)". Pg. 25 Line 18 omit "various". Pg. 26 Line 6 Close parenthesis after "Weeminuche"; enclose with parenthesis before "Tabequache". Pg. 27 Line 1 "a regional manifestation" should be "regional manifestations". Chapter 3 Pg. 32 Line 28 "semi-colon" should be a "period"; "that" should be "That", Pg. 33 Line 6 "amd" should be "and". Chapter 4 Pg. 38 Line 10 omit "region". Pg. 48 Line I omit "also". Pg- 51 Line 2 "three" should be "four". Pg. 55 Line 11 "Delta Co." should b Pg. 63 Line 17 "52341" should be "2341". "Montrose Go." Pg. 67 Line 21 "horms" should be "horns". Pg. 63 Line 16 "Delta" should be "Montrose . Pg. 79 Line 3 omit "which are well preserved,". Pg. 84 Line 2 "Petroglyphs" should be "petroglyphs". Pg- 35 No Line "A" should be inserted in illustration. Line 5 should be "Figure 13 A and B.". Line 6 omit "Figure 1 3". Pg- 86 Line 2 omit "Figure 13". Pg. 91 Line 10 "Figure 19." should be "Figure 19 A-C." Pg. 94 Line 6-7 should begin "Figure 22 A and B. Uncompahgre Style (shown in outline) and early historic Ute (shown as solid) petroglyphs at 5ME163". c c Errata, Page 2 Line 7 omit "Figure 22". Pg. 98 Line 1 "Figure 26" should be "Figure 26 A-C". Pg. 101 Line I "Figure 27" should be "Figure 27 A and B". Pg. 103 Line 1 "Figure 28" should be "Figure 28 A and B." Pg- 104 Line 4 "tghe" should be "the". Pg. 105 Line 5 "Glen" should be "Glenn". Pg. 107 Line 8 "Figure 17" should be "Plate 15". Pg. 108 Line 1 "Figure 33" should be "Figure 33 A-D". Line 3 "Cricles" should be "circles". Line 3 "attibutable" should be "attributable" Pg. 112 Line 1 "Plate 4.A." should be "Plate 4A-C". Pg. 113 Line 1 omit "Plate 4". Pg. 114 Line 1 omit "Plate 4". Pg. 117 Line 4 "timeperiods" should be "time periods". Pg. 118 Line 2 "bulder" should be "boulder". Pg- 120 Line 4 "rightly" should be "lightly". Pg. 121 Line 3 "damanged" should be "damaged". Pg. 123 Line 1 "arew" ahould be "are". Line 7 "isn" should be "in". Pg. 125 Line 2 "eaastern" should be "eastern". Line 3 "in" should be "on"; "work" should be "rock". Chapter 5 Pg- 127 Line 2 Chapter title should be "The Formative Stage : Rock Art of the Anasazi and Fremont". Line 3 Section title should be "Anasazi Rock Art". Line 4 Sub-section title should be "Basketmaker Rock Art (100 B.C. - A.D. 700)". Line 7 "Basketmakers" should be "Basketmaker". Pg- 128 Line 14 "peached" should be "pecked". Line 18 "ofd" should be "of". Pg- 129 Line 25 "hte" should be "the". Pg- 130 Line 8 omit closing parenthesis. Pg- 131 Line 3 Therock should be "The rock". Pg- 132 Line 10 Section title should be "Abajo/La Sal Anasazi Rock Art (A.D. 600 - 1200)". Line 23 "Pueble I" should be "Pueblo I". Pg- 133 Line 8 "Uncompahgre and complex" should be "Uncompahgre Complex". Pg- 134 Line 9 "Pueble I" should be "Pueblo 1". Pg- 135 Line 21 "my" should be "may". Line 22 "perios" should be "period". Pg. 136 Line 24 omit comma. Pg. 137 Line 23 "Abajo/LaSal" should be "latter". Pg- 139 Line 8 "assoicated" should be "associated"; "palce" should be "place". Pg- 144 Line 20 "uncomaphgre" should be "Uncompahgre". Pg- 147 Line 1 Section title should be "Fremont Rock Art (A.D. 650 - 1150)". Pg- 152 Line 2 "aplit" should be "split". Pg. 153 Line 6 "figuring" should be "figurine". Line 7 "Marss" should be "Morss". Line 9 "parrot-or" should be "parrot or". Line 12 "covtenance" should be "countenance"; close quotation following "intended". Pg- 155 Line 12 "resetting" should be "resulting". Pg- 157 Line 19 "strippled" should be "stippled"; "pertroglyphs" should be "petroglyphs". c r Errata, Page 3 Pg. 158 Line 20 "presumeably" should be "presumably". Pg. 161 Line 5 "vernal" should be "Vernal". Line 23 omit "an association with". Pg. 164 Line 3 "pawprintsor" should be "pawprints or". Line 5 omit "from". Line 6 omit "than". Line 14 "Fremont Anasazi" should be "Fremont and Anasazi". Line 15 "Possible" should be "Possibly". Line 22 omit pages 165-168. Pg. 171 Line I "Figure 37" should be "Figure 37 A and B". Pg. 172 Line 7 "Figure 38" should be "Figure 38 A and B". Pg. 174 Line 5 "Figure 40" should be "Figure 40 A and B". Pg. 175 Line 10 "Figure 42" should be "Figure 42 A and B". Pg. 176 Line 1 "petrglyphs" should be "petroglyphs". Line 4 "Figure 43" should be "Figure 43 A and B". Pg. 177 Line 1 "Figure 44" should be "Figure 44 A and B." and should be at bottom page. Line 7 omit "A". Pg. 178 Line 7 "Figure 45" should be "Figure 45 A-E". Pg. 180 Line 2 "Figure 46" should be "Figure 46 A-C". Pg. 185 No Line "D" shoud be added to illustration. Line 4 After "to" insert "the Colorado River and is similar to". Pg. 186 Line 3 "o n" should be "on". Line 7 "Figure 52" should be "Figure 52 A-E." Line 12 "M" should be "m". Pg. 188 Line 3 "Glen" should be "Glenn". Pg. 189 Line 3 "Figure 54" should be "Figure 54 A and B". Pg. 192 Linne 4 "Stiple" should be "Stippled". Line 5 "stiple" should be "stipple". Pg. 193 Line 10 "Figure 60." should be "Figure 60 A-C". Pg. 194 Line 4 "Figure 61" should be "Figure 61 A-C". Chapter 6 Pg- 197 Line 2 Chapter title should be "Rock Art of the Proto/Historic Period". Line 3 Section title should be "Ute Rock Art (A.D. 1600 - 1880)". Pg. 198 Line 5 "timeperiod" should be "time period". Pg. 201 Line 2 "River" should be "rivers". Line 19 Subsection title should be "Late Historic Ute Indian Rock Art Syle". Pg. 206 Line 1 Subsection title should be "Early Historic Ute Indian Rock Art Style". Pg. 211 Line 20 "studyand" should be "study and", Line 26 "in a bear" should be "possibly in a bear". Pg- 212 Line 12 "Paintings" should be "paintings", Pg- 215 Line 22 ""poggamoggan"" should be "'poggamoggan'". Line 24 "poggamons" should be "poggamoggans". Pg. 216 Line 4 Subsection title should be "Ute Rock Art without Historic Context", Pg- 217 Line 14 "authropomorph" should be "anthropomorph". Pg- 220 Line 3 "1974:152 - 162)and/or" should be "1974: 152-162) and/or", Line 11 "posess" should be "possess". Line 12 "Cance" should be Dance", Line 13 "cancers" should be "dancers". Line 18-19 "an anthropomorph dressed as a bear (possible a Vear Shaman or impersonator)" should be replaced with "possibly a bear shaman or impersonator". Line 20 "bear should be ""bear""; "personageat" should be "personage". ( c Errata, Page 4 Pg. 223 Line 17 "in pictographic" should be "pictographic". Line 24 "righ" should be "right"; "left or south" should be "left (south)". Pg. 224 Line 6 "horns" should be "horn"; insert semi-colon and space after "headdress". Pg. 226 Line 14 "porposed" should be "proposed". Pg. 232 Line 1 "Figure 69" should be "Figure 69 A and B". Pg- 234 Line 2 "on" should be "in". Pg. 236 No Line "A" - "D" should be indicated on plates. Line 1 "Plate 18.(A,B,C, and D)" should be "Plate 18 A and B". Pg. 238 Line 5 "and Oott" should be "and Ott". Line 9 "ott" should be "Ott". Pg. 239 No Line "A" and "B" should be indicated on plates. Line 1 "Plate 22.(A and B)" should be "Plate 22 A and B.". Line 3 "22a" should be "22A". Line 4 "22b" should be "22B". Line 5 "22b" should be "22B". Pg. 242 Line 2 "Ion" should be "long". Line 3 "reteution" should be "retention". Line 8 "Umconphahgre" should be "Uncompahgre".
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