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Edward F. Meade fonds Rock art
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Pictograph

Item is an image of a wall with pictographs with plant in the foreground. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

Pictograph

Item is an image of a wall with pictographs. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

Pictograph

Item is a close-up image of a rock with pictographs. According to annotations, image was taken by Louis Poitras.

Pictograph

Item is an image of a wall with pictographs. According to annotations, image was taken by Louis Poitras. Original slide included number 17.

Pictographs

Item is a close-up image of a wall. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

Pictographs very faint

Item is an image of pictographs and petroglyphs on a vertical surface. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

Round pecks beach boulder

Item is an image of a rock with petroglyphs, surrounded by smaller rocks and stones, probably in a beach area. According to annotations, petroglyphs are round pecks on beach boulder, and image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide in

Slide group 1

File contains graphic materials depicting petroglyphs and pictographs in the coast of British Columbia.

Slide group 2

File contains graphic materials depicting petroglyphs and pictographs in the coast of British Columbia. According to annotations, some of the photographs were taken by L. M. Greene.

Slide group 3

File contains graphic materials depicting petroglyphs and pictographs in the coast of British Columbia, the west coast of the United States of America, Scotland, Russia, and Guyana. According to annotations, some of the photographs were taken by Dr. Akladakov (?) and Arthur Goodland.

Slide group 4

File contains graphic materials depicting petroglyphs in the coast of British Columbia.

Slide group 5

File contains graphic materials depicting petroglyphs and pictographs in the coast of British Columbia.

Slide group 6

File contains graphic materials depicting petroglyphs and pictographs in the coast of British Columbia.

Slide group 7

File contains graphic materials depicting petroglyphs and pictographs in the coast of British Columbia. According to annotations, some of the photographs were taken by Dick Pattinson, C. Gades, and Dr. Foskett.

Slide group 8

File contains graphic materials depicting petroglyphs and pictographs in the coast of British Columbia. According to annotations, some of the photographs were taken by Morley Raven.

Textual Materials

Series contains textual records contextualizing the petroglyphs and pictograms found in the graphic materials. Narrations include descriptions of the sites and their geologic evolution over the years that is leading to the loss of rock surface and petroglyphs and pictograms. Text also documents E. F. Meade’s hypothesis on how some of the petroglyphs and pictographs may have been carved and painted and his interpretations on the reasons behind the locations and purpose of some of them. The author also mentions conversations with local Indigenous peoples inquiring about the petroglyphs and pictographs and areas where he could not get documented due to issues with his equipment. Lastly, narrations include quotations and references to accounts by Capt. Vancouver, Archibald Menzies, and Alexander McKenzie describing the shore and locating some of Vancouver’s descriptions based on Meade’s knowledge of the coast and archaeology.

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