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A Canadian Shield Pictograph Classification Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John Dee Maurer  and
James Patrick Whelan
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Abstract

During the past five years rock painting researchers concluded that a means of cataloging and classifying rock paintings was necessary. Research at the University of Winnipeg has led to the development of a punch card code and card design for Canadian Shield rock paintings that may also be applicable to other forms of pictography within the region. This design went through many stages of development and many problems were encountered by the developers. Despite the problems a set of basic computer-oriented categories for the comparison and correlation of rock paintings has been developed.

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Reports
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American Antiquity , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , April 1977 , pp. 196 - 202
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1977

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