ABSTRACT
More recently, archaeologists have come to realize that much of protohistoric and historic Plains rock art is in fact biographic. In addition, contemporary Crow people say that both ghost and biographic art was intended to be read in a narrative sense, similar to texts. The private collections most extensively utilized were those of Stuart Conner of Billings, Montana, Joseph Medicine Crow of Lodge Grass, Montana, and the holdings of the archaeological research firm Ethnoscience of Billings, Montana. A number of colleagues who have worked in the same subject area also shared their field notes, site reports, manuscripts, and other documents. Also consulted with two government bodies of the Crow Tribe that deal with cultural issues, the Apsalooke Nation Cultural Office and the Apsalooke Cultural Committee. These consultations resulted in the identification of some sites known to these individuals. Some of the members also provided written documents relevant to this study that had been produced by their office or cultural committee.
