Directory of Rock Art Resources

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

Resources in This Category

• Anasazi Rock Art

  http://raysweb.net/rockart/
  Photographs of rock art of the Anasazi and other pueblo dwelling early inhabitants of the Four Corners Region of the United States.

• Anasazi Rock Art Photos

  http://moab-utah.com/anasazi/rockart.html
  Photos of Anasazi Indian rock art, otherwise known as petroglyphs. These pictorial stories were chipped out of the desert varnish in Entrada sandstone about 600 years ago.

• Archives of ROCK-ART

  http://lists.asu.edu/archives/rock-art.html
  Rock art discussion list.

• Bolivian Rock Art Research Society (SIARB)

  http://www.siarb-bolivia.org/
  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.

• Bradshaw Paintings

  http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/bradshaws/
  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.

• Earliest Evidence of Art found

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/733747.stm
  Archaeologists in Zambia uncover evidence that early humans used paint for aesthetic purposes far earlier than previously thought.

• International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO)

  http://www.cesmap.it/ifrao/ifrao.html
  Federation of national and regional organizations promoting the study of rock art and cognitive archaeology. Features news, reports, information on conferences, and contact details.

• International Rock Art Database Project

  http://www.cs.unm.edu/~brayer/rock/general.html
  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.

• Petroglyph Looters Sentenced

  http://www.lucernevalley.net/petroglyphs/loot.htm
  Article on the sentencing of Arizona residents convicted of removing and selling petroglyphs from a national forest.

• Rock Art

  http://bclee.net/rockart/rockart.html
  Photographs by Brian and Dave Lee of petroglyphs, pictographs, cave paintings, mostly Archaic styles of the Southwestern U.S.

• Rock Art at Rice

  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~raar/
  Introduction to prehistoric art with an emphasis on the southwest and western United States. Dating, interpretive theories, image database, and conservation.

• Rock Art Dating and Conservation

  http://www.jqjacobs.net/rock_art/ra_conserve.html
  Essays on rock art dating and the rational for rock art conservation. History of and continuing rock art destruction is discussed.

• Rock Art of the Blood of the Ancestors Grotto

  http://virtual.parkland.edu/lstelle1/len/center_for_social_research/BAG/BAG_main.html
  Data collection and analysis of the prehistoric pictographs of the Blood of the Ancestors Grotto, Saline County, Illinois.

• Rock Art Pages

  http://www.jqjacobs.net/rock_art/
  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.

• Rock Art Research & Art History

  http://www.ditomorales.com/
  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.

• Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic Database

  http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/rockart.html
  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.

• Rupestre.net: A Rock Art Site

  http://www.rupestre.net/ralinks/
  Includes a worldwide database of rock art links.

• Utah Rock Art Research Association

  http://www.utahrockart.org/
  Organization dedicated to the education about and preservation of Native American rock art. Annual symposium information, membership, publications, gallery of rock art.

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