Thunder and Herds

'Loendorf's book on the rock art of the High Plains is a well-informed, vivid and highly readable presentation of one of the great rock art regions in the South West. One could not agree more with the author's opinion that rock art sites are first and foremost archaeological sites and that ethnographic sources -together with archaeology- provide invaluable information on the rock art. This book is a must read both for the archaeological community and for the interested general public.' Jean Clottes, former director of prehistoric antiquities for the Midi-Pyrenees region of France; internationally acclaimed expert on painted cave art 'If you thought the High Plains lacked rocks and thus rock art, you were wrong. Larry Loendorf's Thunder and Herds is the first major synthesis of an important but previously little known corpus of rock art, and it changes our understanding of the prehistory of the High Plains. It is essential reading for all North American archaeologists and rock art researchers.' David S. Whitley, author of THE ART OF THE SHAMAN: ROCK ART OF CALIFORNIA and INTRODUCTION TO ROCK ART RESEARCH, and editor of THE HANDBOOK OF ROCK ART RESEARCH 'With Thunder and Herds, Larry Loendorf has put the rock art of the Southwestern Plains into both temporal and archaeological context. As usual, the book evidences one of Loendorf's key strengths--combining the study of the images with evidence from dirt archaeology, often obtained from his own problem-oriented excavations at the rock art sites themselves. This book will be valuable for anyone with an interest in rock art, archaeology, Indians, or the High Plains canyon country of southeastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico.' James D. Keyser, co-author of PLAINS INDIAN ROCK ART