Pictographs and Petroglyphs of the Oregon Country

Parts I & II

by J. Malcolm Loring and Louise Loring

Book cover: Pictographs and Petroglyphs of the Oregon Country

Extent: 291 pages

Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

Subjects: Archaeology of the Americas, Art & Art History

Language: English

PDF (Published)

(December 1996)

ISBN: 9781938770746

Price: $20.00

The result of twenty years of searching out and recording ancient designs on rocks in Oregon and Washington, Pictographs and Petroglyphs of the Oregon Country is now in a convenient, one-volume edition. The authors, Malcolm and Louise Loring, began their monumental task in the early 1960s as members of the Oregon Archaeological Society committee dedicated to surveying and recording rock art. Soon finding themselves a committee of two, they soldiered on with the monumental task of cataloging and illustrating rock art of the region. After Malcolm retired from the US Forest Service in 1963, he and Louise began a full-time effort to record the sites. For many of these sites, this volume is the only record. Part I describes sites in Washington along the Columbia River and sites in northern and central Oregon. Part II contains sites in southern Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada.

  • By (author) J. Malcolm Loring
  • By (author) Louise Loring