SECRETS OF THE WHITE SHAMAN.

BOYD, Carolyn; ROCK art (Archaeology); ROCK paintings; ARCHAEOLOGY & art; FOLKLORE & archaeology; ARCHAEOLOGY & religion; ARCHAEOLOGICAL field work; ARCHAEOLOGICAL research

An article describing the research of archaeologist Carolyn Boyd as she attempts to decipher the meaning behind rock paintings on the walls of remote canyons along the Pecos river in Texas is presented. In her search for the symbolic and religious significance of these complex paintings, she consulted a modern shaman from the Huichol tribe, anthropologists who studied other tribes near the area, as well as studying the mythology and folklore of the Zapotec tribe, who also lived near the area and made cave art contemporary with that found at Boyd's "White Shaman" site.