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- Arts: Art History: Periods and Movements: Prehistoric Art (23)
- Regional: Africa: Namibia: Arts and Entertainment: Rock Art (7)
Earliest Evidence of Art found
news.bbc.co.uk
Archaeologists in Zambia uncover evidence that early humans used paint for aesthetic purposes far earlier than previously thought. (May 2, 2000)
Petroglyph Looters Sentenced
lucernevalley.net
Article on the sentencing of Arizona residents convicted of removing and selling petroglyphs from a national forest. (June 24, 1995)
Australian Rock Art Research Association
sli.unimelb.edu.au
Group whose focus is in the fields of rock art, palaeoart studies and cognitive archaeology. Discussion forum, book reviews, announcements, and rock art gallery.
Rock Art at Rice
ruf.rice.edu
Introduction to prehistoric art with an emphasis on the southwest and western United States. Dating, interpretive theories, image database, and conservation.
International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO)
cesmap.it
Federation of national and regional organizations promoting the study of rock art and cognitive archaeology. Features news, reports, information on conferences, and contact details.
Native American Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and Rock Art of the Southwestern United States
net.indra.com
Large personal photo gallery.
Stand Up for the Burrup
standupfortheburrup.com
Stand Up for the Burrup is the website of Friends of Australian Rock Art, an international campaign group fighting to preserve the world's oldest and largest outdoor rock art landscape at the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia.
International Rock Art Database Project
cs.unm.edu
University of New Mexico computerized database system for the storage and analysis of rock art data being developed with the support of the National Park Service, the Sandia Pueblo and the Chamisa Foundation.
Anasazi Rock Art
raysweb.net
Photographs of rock art of the Anasazi and other pueblo dwelling early inhabitants of the Four Corners Region of the United States.
Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association
tcinternet.net
Association is dedicated to publicizing the petroglyph and pictograph research being conducted in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Contains links to rock art information across North America.
Christopher Chippindale's Rock Art References
mcdonald.cam.ac.uk
Contains text of several papers and publications, mostly authored by Chippindale, a researcher at Cambridge University.
Dates for Rock Art at a Bronze Age Sanctuary at the Galería del Sílex Cave
antiquity.ac.uk
The site of Galería del Sílex, part of the Atapuerca complex in Burgos, Spain, is exceptional for the conditions of its discovery, as well as for the good state of preservation of the graphic manifestations and archaeological assemblage it contains.
Rupestre.net: A Rock Art Site
rupestre.net
Includes a worldwide database of rock art links.
Rock Art of the Blood of the Ancestors Grotto
virtual.parkland.edu
Data collection and analysis of the prehistoric pictographs of the Blood of the Ancestors Grotto, Saline County, Illinois.
Rock Art Research Institute
rockart.wits.ac.za
Based in the Department of Archaeology at the University of the Witwatersrand, the Institute is devoted to full time research on Southern African rock art and its preservation. Staff and research profile, publications list, and photographs.
Petroglyphs and Rock Art
petroglyphs.us
Features captioned photographs and articles about rock art petroglyphs and pictographs. Mostly lesser known sites in the California deserts and the adjacent southwest.
Archives of ROCK-ART
lists.asu.edu
Rock art discussion list.
Rock Art Investigations
mc2.vicnet.net.au
Images, links, description, and bibliography of rock art in Peru and Bolivia.
Petroglyph National Monument
home.i1.net
Photos of rock art found at Petroglyph National Monument near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Includes link to National Park Service site.
Bradshaw Paintings
bradshawfoundation.com
The Bradshaw Paintings are incredibly sophisticated, as you will see from the 32 pictures in the Paintings Section, yet they are not recent creations but originate from an unknown past period which some suggest could have been 50,000 years ago.
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Austin American-Statesman
Highlights include Native American rock art , tales of pistol-packing judges, museums and the white, glistening sands and wind-sculpted dunes of Sandhills ...
Austin American-Statesman
Highlights include Native American rock art , tales of pistol-packing judges, museums and the white, glistening sands and wind-sculpted dunes of Sandhills ...
Community split 2 to 1 in favor of art installations on top of ...
Frank Gormlie
Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:55:41 GM
What do you think about . art. installations on top of Peace . Rock. ? This became an issue lately, when a group of Point Loma High School seniors placed their year "2010" in wood red numbers up on the . rock. . The . rock. is the large, ...
Frank Gormlie
Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:55:41 GM
What do you think about . art. installations on top of Peace . Rock. ? This became an issue lately, when a group of Point Loma High School seniors placed their year "2010" in wood red numbers up on the . rock. . The . rock. is the large, ...
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