Rock Art Topics Archaeology

Categorization and analysis of all forms of rock art with respect to past cultures.

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• - Selected bibliography from the Smithsonian's Anthropology Outreach Office.
  
• - Edited by Jim Blazik this electronic magazine contains articles on various aspects of rock art and an image gallery.
  
• - Article on the sentencing of Arizona residents convicted of removing and selling petroglyphs from a national forest.
  
• - Article by Arsen Faradjev which critiques various Russian approaches to the interpretation of rock art.
  
• - Contains a worldwide database of rock art links.
  
• - Organization dedicated to the education about and preservation of Native American rock art. Annual symposium information, membership, publications, gallery of rock art.
  
• - Database of over 10,000 citations to the world's rock art literature, with an emphasis on English language and North American citations. Compiled by M. Leigh Marymor and hosted by the Bancroft Library, Berkley.
  
• - University of the Witwatersrand research project focused on Southern African rock art and its preservation. Archive, staff and project profiles, publications, related links.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Images of rock art from sites in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.
  
• - Group whose focus is in the fields of rock art, palaeoart studies and cognitive archaeology. Discussion forum, book reviews, announcements, and rock art gallery.
  
• - From Yahoo! News, scientists have begun a major study in Australia's remote northwest into how mining and pollution is damaging the world's largest concentration of ancient rock art.
  
• - Explore petroglyphs and pictographs of the American Southwest with Side Canyon. Sites, tours, news and events, photographs, organization listing, suggested books and videos, links.
  
• - Uses rock art as examples to of the use of symbols in Hawaiian history and culture.
  
• - Contains text of several papers and publications, mostly authored by Chippindale, a researcher at Cambridge University.
  
• - The phenomenon is called simulacrum (plural). A simulacra is an image perceptible to the Human mind and seen by us as a lifeform resulting from a combined mental process whereby our brains process patterns of shadow and light reflected from physical objec
  
• - Photographs by Brian and Dave Lee of petroglyphs, pictographs, cave paintings, mostly Archaic styles of the Southwestern U.S.
  
• - Archaeologists in Zambia uncover evidence that early humans used paint for aesthetic purposes far earlier than previously thought.
  
• - Photographs of rock art of the Anasazi and other pueblo dwelling early inhabitants of the Four Corners Region of the United States.
  
• - Article discussing causes and prevention of destruction.
  
• - Photos of rock art found at Petroglyph National Monument near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Includes link to National Park Service site.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Photos of Anasazi Indian rock art, otherwise known as petroglyphs. These pictoral stories were chipped out of the desert varnish in Entrada sandstone about 600 years ago.
  
• - Images, links, description, and bibliography of rock art in Peru and Bolivia.
  
• - Rock art discussion list.
  
• - Features captioned photographs and articles about rock art petroglyphs and pictographs. Mostly lesser known sites in the California deserts and the adjacent southwest.
  
• - Brief profile and publications of a research group working on dating and DNA/phylogenetic analysis of prehistoric rock paintings (pictographs).
  
• - This archive is a repository of several major private collections of rock art data and is open to visitors and researchers. Staff profiles, volunteer programs, collection information, grants, and related links.
  
• - Encompasses an important array of rock-shelters with prehistoric painted and engraved rocks. Illustrated description of the site, its rock art and the Paleolithic period, with visitor information.
  
• - Details regarding course which provides a general overview of the field of rock art as part of the Program for Avocational Archaeological Certification.
  
• - A series of articles by James Q. Jacobs on the rock art of the American Southwest. Illustrated with photographs, ink renditions and background graphics. Includes free educational materials and desktop patterns.
  
• - Focuses on the research interests of Reinaldo Morales including rock art of the Americas, photographs of prehistoric art, and links of interest to students of art history.
  
• - Essays on rock art dating and the rational for rock art conservation. History of and continuing rock art destruction is discussed.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Society for investigation and recording of rock paintings and petroglyphs, protection and conservation of rock art sites, as well as publication of scientific reports and education of the general public.
  
• - A distinctive rock art motif found throughout western North America. Archaeologist David Moyer provides his scholarly paper on shield figures and tribal affiliation.
  
• - Introduction to prehistoric art with an emphasis on the southwest and western United States. Dating, interpretive theories, image database, and conservation.
  
• - Large personal photo gallery.
  
• - Bibliography of Colorado sites, conservation issues, dating methods, research, regional studies, and videos [PDF File].
  
• - Features an article and pictures of rock engravings found in Italy.
  
• - Series of rock art galleries covering rock art in Nambia.
  
• - Research project headed by James Cook University professor conducting systematic research ever on Western Australia's Bradshaw rock paintings, in an attempt to obtain World Heritage protection. Newsletter, links, team member profiles.
  
  

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