"The Cave Paintings of Baja California by Harry W. Crosby is a dramatic personal account of discovering and visiting the remote caves and overhangs in Baja California that have sheltered and preserved a veritable treasury of large prehistoric paintings. These Great Murals, created by an unknown people, are not only major cultural artifacts from Baja California's past but also probably the most distinctive trove of rock art in North America. The scale of the paintings and their sensitive renderings of animals and people are unmatched in the New World. Crosby found and photographed over 200 previously unreported rock shelters painted in the Great Mural style. In this volume, Crosby presents his photographs, chronicles his historic discoveries, and offers his unique perspective on the painted sites; he contrasts and compares painting styles (from realistic to abstract) found in different parts of the Great Mural area."--book jacket.