Facing new flows: subjectivity and the colonial encounter in Plains Indian art

Carocci, Max

doi:10.1080/21500894.2017.1288654

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“…Accordingly, it may plausibly date to earlier than its date of collection, as the PCo implies. Moreover, the depiction of detail in facial features is a feature known to develop in later examples of biographic art (Carocci ). Although facial features are indicated on the human forms of the Charges‐Strong robe, there is a simplicity of these faces compared to other robes and, particularly, ledger examples (Lowie , 317).…”

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“…The introduction of more realistic dimensions and greater detail into biographic artworks has long been seen as resulting from greater awareness of European artistic conventions, including contact with numerous artists who were visiting the Plains in increasing numbers as the nineteenth century progressed (Ewers ). However, Carocci () has argued that the greater realism shown in later nineteenth‐century art—specifically the more realistic depiction of human faces—may also indicate changed perceptions of the artists of themselves and their surrounding world. Of course, these aspects of European influence and internal dynamics relating to changed perceptions of the world are not mutually exclusive, and, indeed, the latter may feed directly from the former.…”

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“…The use of this detached‐hand convention had traditionally been used to indicate the capture of an enemy weapon, scalp, war trophy, or person. Its abandonment, therefore, potentially speaks not only to changes in stylistic conventions, but perhaps also—as Carocci () observes—to changing attitudes toward how these art forms were used by warriors to convey what was important to them. Certainly, we can be sure that as the 1860s progressed, Crow ways of life were changing as a result of increased encroachment by hostile tribes, economic changes in the role of the fur trade, the pinch of diminishing game, and the more forceful stance of the US government toward the Plains’ inhabitants (Hoxie , 84–114; Voget ).…”

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Time's Arrow: Toward a Social History of Crow Biographic Art Using Seriation and Multivariate Statistics

Lycett

Keyser

2019

American Anthropologist

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Biographic artworks produced by Historic-period Plains Indian warriors can be viewed as genuine historical documents, detailing important events in their lives. This is especially true because these documents contain a genuinely narrative component, telling their stories as much as depicting them. However, for individual lives to create a broader social history, they must be connected with the lives of others, especially over a temporal span. Here, we begin the task of building a chronological framework for Crow (Apsáalooke) biographic artworks based on multivariate statistical analysis and seriation analysis of their content. Our research not only allows five undated artworks to be better placed in chronological context but also reveals the changing pattern of stylistic features in these artworks during the turbulent decades of the nineteenth century. [biographic art, Plains Indians, cultural traditions, Native American art] RESUMEN Las obras de arte biográficas producidas por guerreros indígenas de las Llanuras del período histórico pueden ser vistas como documentos históricos genuinos, que detallan importantes eventos en sus vidas. Esto es especialmente verdadero porque estos documentos contienen un componente genuinamente narrativo, contando sus historias tanto como representándolas. Sin embargo, para crear una historia social más amplia, las vidas individuales deben estar conectadas con las vidas de otros, especialmente sobre un lapso temporal. Aquí, empezamos la tarea de construir un marco cronológico para las obras de arte biográficas de los crow (Apsáalooke) basado en el análisis estadístico multivariado y el análisis de seriación de su contenido. Nuestra investigación no sólo permite a cinco obras de arte sin fecha estar mejor situadas en un contexto cronológico sino también revela el patrón cambiante de características estilísticas en estas obras de arte durante las décadas turbulentas del siglo XIX. [arte biográfico, indígenas de la Llanuras, tradiciones culturales, arte nativo americano]

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Time's Arrow: Toward a Social History of Crow Biographic Art Using Seriation and Multivariate Statistics

Lycett

Keyser

2019

American Anthropologist

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“…Carocci (2017) has argued that the more realistic depiction of human faces in Plains artwork may indicate changed perceptions on the part of the artists. During the turbulent nineteenth century, Crow society saw marked changes in features of their broader environment, such as the expansion (and later decline of) the fur trade, the increased encroachment of Europeans, growing hostilities with neighboring tribes, and the eventual shift to reservation life (Hoxie 1995).…”

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Dating Crow Rock Art through Multivariate Statistical Comparison with Biographic Artworks

Lycett

Keyser²

2019

Am. Antiq.

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Historic period Plains biographic art provides narratives of the deeds and actions of Indigenous peoples of the region. The Crow (Apsáalooke) are one such people with a rich record of biographic drawings in rock art and portable works. However, chronological and stylistic links between these two media have long been thought out of reach, even though such links are essential if the abundant Historic period rock art is to be fully incorporated into discussions of Apsáalooke history and their connection better ascertained to documented historical and ethnohistorical events and trends. Indeed, the lack of such a framework locks away a vast wealth of history in these hundreds of rock art pictures. In this article we present a statistical framework for comparing better-dated Crow portable artworks with their rock art equivalents. We are able to place rock art imagery from five sites into a relatively fine-grained chronological order, which permits a better understanding of changing patterns in Crow stylistic imagery. This permits a direct association with changing historical circumstances and facilitates a better understanding of the link between social history and the changing patterns seen in these artworks. Moreover, in one case, our analysis provides archaeological confirmation of Crow ethnohistory.

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Phallic imagery in Northern Plains Indian rock art

Carocci

2022

Time and Mind

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Facing new flows: subjectivity and the colonial encounter in Plains Indian art

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Time's Arrow: Toward a Social History of Crow Biographic Art Using Seriation and Multivariate Statistics

Time's Arrow: Toward a Social History of Crow Biographic Art Using Seriation and Multivariate Statistics

Dating Crow Rock Art through Multivariate Statistical Comparison with Biographic Artworks

Phallic imagery in Northern Plains Indian rock art

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