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Picture-Writing of the American Indians

by Garrick Mallery

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  1. 1Series Title
  2. 2Author Title
  3. 3Title for Subject Entry
  4. 4Letter of Transmittal
  5. 5Introduction
  6. 6Publications
  7. 7Field Work
  8. 8Office Work
  9. 9Necrology
  10. 10Accompanying Paper
  11. 11Financial Statement
  12. 12Picture-Writing of the American Indians — Introduction
  13. 13Chapter I — Petroglyphs
  14. 14Chapter II — Petroglyphs in North America
  15. 15Section 2 — United States
  16. 16Section 3 — Mexico
  17. 17Section 4 — West Indies
  18. 18Chapter III — Petroglyphs in Central and South America
  19. 19Section I — Petroglyphs in Central America
  20. 20Section 2 — South America
  21. 21Chapter IV — Extra-Limital Petroglyphs
  22. 22Section 1 — Australia
  23. 23Section 2 — Oceanica
  24. 24Section 3 — Europe
  25. 25Section 4 — Africa
  26. 26Section 5 — Asia
  27. 27Chapter V — Cup Sculptures
  28. 28Chapter VI — Pictographs Generally
  29. 29Chapter VII — Substances on Which Pictographs Are Made
  30. 30Section 1 — The Human Body
  31. 31Section 2 — Natural Objects Other Than the Human Body
  32. 32Section 3 — Artificial Objects
  33. 33Chapter VIII — Instruments and Materials by Which Pictographs Are Made
  34. 34Section 1 — Instruments for Carving
  35. 35Section 2 — Instruments for Drawing
  36. 36Section 3 — Coloring Matter and Its Application
  37. 37Chapter IX — Mnemonic
  38. 38Section 1 — Knotted Cords and Objects Tied
  39. 39Section 2 — Notched or Marked Sticks
  40. 40Section 3 — Wampum
  41. 41Section 4 — Order of Songs
  42. 42Section 5 — Traditions
  43. 43Section 6 — Treaties
  44. 44Section 7 — Appointment
  45. 45Section 8 — Numeration
  46. 46Section 9 — Accounting
  47. 47Chapter X — Chronology
  48. 48Section 1 — Time
  49. 49Section 2 — Winter Counts
  50. 50Chapter XI — Notices
  51. 51Section 1 — Notice of Visit, Departure, and Direction
  52. 52Section 2 — Direction by Drawing Topographic Features
  53. 53Section 3 — Notice of Condition
  54. 54Section 4 — Warning and Guidance
  55. 55Chapter XII — Communications
  56. 56Section 1 — Declaration of War
  57. 57Section 2 — Profession of Peace and Friendship
  58. 58Section 3 — Challenge
  59. 59Section 4 — Social and Religious Missives
  60. 60Section 5 — Claim or Demand
  61. 61Chapter XIII — Totems, Titles, and Names
  62. 62Section 1 — Pictorial Tribal Designations
  63. 63Section 2 — Gentile and Clan Designations
  64. 64Section 3 — Significance of Tattoo
  65. 65Section 4 — Designations of Individuals
  66. 66Chapter XIV — Religion
  67. 67Section 1 — Symbols of the Supernatural
  68. 68Section 2 — Myths and Mythic Animals
  69. 69Section 3 — Shamanism
  70. 70Section 4 — Charms and Amulets
  71. 71Section 5 — Religious Ceremonies
  72. 72Section 6 — Mortuary Practices
  73. 73Chapter XV — Customs — Section 1 — Cult Societies
  74. 74Section 2 — Daily Life and Habits
  75. 75Section 3 — Games
  76. 76Chapter XVI — History
  77. 77Section 1 — Record of Expedition
  78. 78Section 2 — Record of Battle
  79. 79Section 3 — Record of Migration
  80. 80Section 4 — Record of Notable Events
  81. 81Chapter XVII — Biography
  82. 82Section 1 — Continuous Record of Events in Life
  83. 83Section 2 — Particular Exploits or Events
  84. 84Chapter XVIII — Ideography
  85. 85Section 1 — Abstract Ideas Expressed Pictorially
  86. 86Section 2 — Signs, Symbols, and Emblems
  87. 87Section 3 — Significance of Colors
  88. 88Section 4 — Gesture and Posture Signs Depicted
  89. 89Chapter XIX — Conventionalizing
  90. 90Section 1 — Conventional Devices
  91. 91Section 2 — Syllabaries and Alphabets
  92. 92Chapter XX — Special Comparisons
  93. 93Section 1 — Typical Style
  94. 94Section 2 — Homomorphs and Symmorphs
  95. 95Section 3 — Composite Forms
  96. 96Section 4 — Artistic Skill and Methods
  97. 97Chapter XXI — Means of Interpretation
  98. 98Section 1 — Marked Characters of Known Significance
  99. 99Section 2 — Distinctive Costumes, Weapons, and Ornaments
  100. 100Section 3 — Ambiguous Characters With Ascertained Meaning
  101. 101Chapter XXII — Controverted Pictographs
  102. 102Section 1 — The Grave Creek Stone
  103. 103Section 2 — The Dighton Rock
  104. 104Section 3 — Imitations and Forced Interpretations
  105. 105Chapter XXIII — General Conclusions
  106. 106List of Works and Authors Cited
  107. 107List

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