War Stories

James D. Keyser earned his PhD from the University of Oregon. He has conducted rock art research across western North America and has authored more than 200 rock art publications including seven books. Among these are Indian Rock Art of the Columbia Plateau, The Five Crows Ledger: Warrior Art of the Flathead Indians, and Art of the Warriors: Rock Art of the American Plains. He taught anthropology at SUNY-Buffalo and the University of Tulsa before retiring from the U.S. Forest Service. He splits his time between homes in Oregon and Italy.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Biographic Art as Picture WritingChapter 2. The Biographic Art LexiconChapter 3. The Pictographic DictionaryChapter 4. Conventions and ConnotationsChapter 5. Reading the NarrativesGlossaryAppendix I: Site Names and Numbers for number of Figure 1.1, North and South HalvesAppendix II: Source Materials and site index for illustrationsBibliographyIndex

“Keyser and Kaiser’s book compiles widespread Biographic rock art information into one source in a form that is easily useable. This is an significant reference for the field of rock art research, and it is an important document for educating the greater public that rock art can be deciphered and understood today…” • Mavis Greer, Greer Archaeology