Rock Art

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

Anasazi Rock Art Photos
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.
http://moab-utah.com/anasazi/rockart.html

Archives of ROCK-ART
Rock art discussion list.
http://lists.asu.edu/archives/rock-art.html

Australian Rock Art Research Association
Group whose focus is in the fields of rock art, palaeoart studies and cognitive archaeology. Discussion forum, book reviews, announcements, and rock art gallery.
http://www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/aura/

Bolivian Rock Art Research Society (SIARB)
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.
http://www.siarb-bolivia.org/

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

Christopher Chippindale's Rock Art References
Contains text of several papers and publications, mostly authored by Chippindale, a researcher at Cambridge University.
http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/projects/Chip/Chip001.htm

C.I.A.R.U.- Rock Art Research Center
Organization whose objective is to preserve and to make known the prehistoric rock art of Uruguay.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6994/indexi.htm

Côa Valley Archaeological Park, Portugal
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.
http://www.ipa.min-cultura.pt/coa/

Colorado Historical Society: Rock Art References
Bibliography of Colorado sites, conservation issues, dating methods, research, regional studies, and videos. [PDF]
http://coloradohistory-oahp.org/publications/pubs/1205b.pdf

Colorado Historical Society: Rock Art Studies
Details regarding course which provides a general overview of the field of rock art as part of the Program for Avocational Archaeological Certification. [PDF]
http://coloradohistory-oahp.org/programareas/paac/classinfo/rockartbg.pdf

Dates for Rock Art at a Bronze Age Sanctuary at the Galería del Sílex Cave
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.
http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/diez/diez.html

Dr. Marvin W. Rowe Research Group
Brief profile and publications of a research group working on dating and DNA/phylogenetic analysis of prehistoric rock paintings (pictographs).
http://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/rowe/research.html

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

International Rock Art Database Project
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.
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~brayer/rock/general.html

International Rock Art Research Team
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.
http://www.bradshaw.dk

Metaphysical Opportunities as a Tool of Rock Art Research
Article by Arsen Faradjev which critiques various Russian approaches to the interpretation of rock art.
http://www.afs.org/partners/rus/event/rockart/arsen1.htm

Native American Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and Rock Art of the Southwestern United States
Large personal photo gallery.
http://net.indra.com/~dheyser/

Petroglyph National Monument
Photos of rock art found at Petroglyph National Monument near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Includes link to National Park Service site.
http://home.i1.net/~dwolfe/petro/

Petroglyphs and Rock Art
Features captioned photographs and articles about rock art petroglyphs and pictographs. Mostly lesser known sites in the California deserts and the adjacent southwest.
http://www.petroglyphs.us

Rock Art
Photographs by Brian and Dave Lee of petroglyphs, pictographs, cave paintings, mostly Archaic styles of the Southwestern U.S.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bclee/rockart/rockart.html

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

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

Rock Art Investigations
Images, links, description, and bibliography of rock art in Peru and Bolivia.
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/vhra/web/index.html

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

Rock Art Pages
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.
http://www.jqjacobs.net/rock_art/

Rock Art Research & Art History
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.
http://www.ditomorales.com/

Rock Art Research Institute
University of the Witwatersrand research project focused on Southern African rock art and its preservation. Archive, staff and project profiles, publications, related links.
http://rockart.wits.ac.za/

Rock Art Research Institute
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.
http://rockart.wits.ac.za/origins/index.php?section=46

Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic Database
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.
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/rockart.html

Rupestre.net: A Rock Art Site
Includes a worldwide database of rock art links.
http://www.rupestre.net/ralinks/

Shield Bearing Warriors
A distinctive rock art motif found throughout western North America. Archaeologist David Moyer provides his scholarly paper on shield figures and tribal affiliation.
http://www.geocities.com/digpig72/

Southwestern United States Rock Art Gallery
Images of rock art from sites in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.
http://net.indra.com/~dheyser/rockart.html

Stand Up for the Burrup
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 Archipeligo, Western Australia.
http://www.standupfortheburrup.com

UCLA Rock Art Archive
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.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/rockart/

University of Durham: Rock Art Past & Present
Research papers on the recording, conservation, presentation and interpretation of Prehistoric Rock Art. Also course modules and links.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/prehistoric.art/

Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association
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.
http://www.tcinternet.net/users/cbailey/

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

Earliest Evidence of Art found
Archaeologists in Zambia uncover evidence that early humans used paint for aesthetic purposes far earlier than previously thought. <small>(May 2, 2000)</small>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/733747.stm

Petroglyph Looters Sentenced
Article on the sentencing of Arizona residents convicted of removing and selling petroglyphs from a national forest. <small>(June 24, 1995)</small>
http://www.lucernevalley.net/petroglyphs/loot.htm