Click on Photo to see actual item. Ships same or next day (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships in a BOX or RIGID mailer with padding. Ships from California. Size: 11" x 12". First Edition, 2000, number line. Pages: not written on, clean, bright, fine edges, odor free. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, bumping to edges, light scuffs and dings. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Native Californian rock art includes some of the finest examples of traditional art in the world. Ranging from complex polychrome cave paintings and deeply incised designs on basalt canyon walls to large earthen figures along the terraces of the Colorado River, this art invites wonder and curiosity. But The Art of the Shaman is more than a gallery of lavish illustrations. Beginning with a basic description of the nature, age, and variability of California rock art, David Whitley accomplishes the ambitious goal of interpreting the symbolism itself. His well-grounded exposition sets this book far apart from other rock art books based on stylistic analyses, simplistic associations with celestial events, or "hunting magic" explanations. In many instances, shamans produced rock art at the conclusion of their vision quests to illustrate the spirits they had seen and the supernatural events in which they had participated.