The Cave Paintings of Baja California: Discovering the Great Murals of an Unknown People (Sunbelt Natural History Books)

By Joanne H. Crosby and Harry W. Crosby

Book Overview

The Great Murals of Mexico's Baja California are one of the five greatest sites in the world for primitive rock art. They rank with those of southern France, northern Spain, northwest Africa, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932653235
• ISBN13: 9780932653239
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Sunbelt Publications
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.6" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Still The Ultimate Resource On Baja Cave Paintings

Harry W. Crosby brings to life his quest to locate, identify and photograph the ancient cave paintings in Baja California, Mexico. Anyone who is interested in prehistorical cave paintings in general, or who has the desire to visit these particular paintings and wants to choose his or her trip based on time, money or physical condition should read this book cover to cover. What an adventure!

Happy trails

I got this book for the pictures and as a guide and for that end it has served my purpose quite well. Since Baja is my "backyard" I wanted to further my explorations of the penisnsula. Having seen some pictographs prior to this book I found the book very helpful for seeking out those most remote locations. As a travelogue I found the book dry and rather unexciting, but some might find it interesting over the camp fire. To it's credit the photographs are spectacular, as are the drawings and maps. The historical information is informative but again rather bland in it's presentation. The color maps presented prior to each detailed chapter are outstanding for your own personal explorations. There is one overview map of the general mural region that is good for the book but not for real life exploration. I would suggest picking up a good map of Baja along with this book prior to any explorations of your own. This book serves as an excellent guide and is recommended by this veteran Baja traveller.

Baja has nice Pictographs!

Crosby has an encyclopedic knowledge of the area. Based on many years of travel in the peninsula, this magnificently illustrated volume not only provides information on visiting the primary pictograph sites of central Baja, but also provides memorable insights to the contemporary human culture of the area. Highly recommended for anyone interested in prehistoric art of Southwestern America, particularly the Cochiti peoples.

STUNNING...BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS

A MUST READ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN PREHISTORIC ROCK ART. SUPERBLY DOCUMENTEDWITH EXCELLENT MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. PEOPLEUNFAMILIAR WITH BAJA CALIFORNIA WILL BE AMAZEDBY THE SHEER NUMBER OF PAINTED SITES AND THE MONUMENTAL SCALE OF MANY OF THEM. A SURE AWARD WINNER.

read the book found many of the sites

for three winters my wife and i searched for and found many of the painted sites crosby catalouged.some of the sites were disappointing but some were outstanding. without crosbys book a good spanish dictionary and atlas of baja it would be impossible to find any of these exciting paintings. this was a quest fulfilled thanks harry.......