Specific Rock Art Sites
One of the first webpages on the Internet was one dedicated to the site of Lascaux, and it is still one of the most beautiful. There are many other websites dedicated to presenting information about this most delicate of art; here are some of the best.
Gottschall Rock Shelter
Gottschall Rockshelter, a cave located in the upper Mississippi River watershed of southwestern Wisconsin, is a religious shrine to an ancestor cult, and that it was used in this manner (with some interruptions, apparently) beginning about 300 AD up until the early 19th century.
Gottschall Rockshelter, a cave located in the upper Mississippi River watershed of southwestern Wisconsin, is a religious shrine to an ancestor cult, and that it was used in this manner (with some interruptions, apparently) beginning about 300 AD up until the early 19th century.
Hueco Tanks (USA)
Hueco Tanks ("hueco" means hollow in Spanish; tanks refers to water storage) is an archaeological site in southwestern Texas
Hueco Tanks ("hueco" means hollow in Spanish; tanks refers to water storage) is an archaeological site in southwestern Texas
Koonalda Cave - Australia's Deep Past
Koonalda Cave is a karst limestone cave in the middle south of the continent of Australia, in the dry and desolate area called the Nullarbor Plain.
Koonalda Cave is a karst limestone cave in the middle south of the continent of Australia, in the dry and desolate area called the Nullarbor Plain.
Mont Bego (France)
Rock art site in the French alps near the Italian border above Nice.
Rock art site in the French alps near the Italian border above Nice.
Pedra Furada (Brazil)
The archaeological site of Pedra Furada, Brazil, is a stratified rockshelter with a very early (and hence contested) date.
The archaeological site of Pedra Furada, Brazil, is a stratified rockshelter with a very early (and hence contested) date.
Petroglyph National Monument
From the US National Park Service, a website on one of their properties in New Mexico, Petroglyph National Forest.
From the US National Park Service, a website on one of their properties in New Mexico, Petroglyph National Forest.
Pictograph Cave
An electronic field trip to this site in Billings, Montana; geared to the 6th grade student.
An electronic field trip to this site in Billings, Montana; geared to the 6th grade student.
Quebrado de Santo Domingo (Peru)
The archaeological site called Quebrada de Santo Domingo is along a very scenic 32 square kilometer long dry river valley off the Rio Moche in Peru.
The archaeological site called Quebrada de Santo Domingo is along a very scenic 32 square kilometer long dry river valley off the Rio Moche in Peru.
Rock Carvings of the Karakorum Highway, Pakistan
The results of a survey along the Karakorum Highway, Pakistan by Karl Jettmar of Heidelburg University and A.H. Dani of the Quaid-i-Azam University of Islamabad.
The results of a survey along the Karakorum Highway, Pakistan by Karl Jettmar of Heidelburg University and A.H. Dani of the Quaid-i-Azam University of Islamabad.
Rock Paintings of Bhimabetaka
Traveller K. L. Kamat takes a trip 40 km south of Bhopal to see ancient rockshelter drawings.
Traveller K. L. Kamat takes a trip 40 km south of Bhopal to see ancient rockshelter drawings.
Santo Domingo Rock Art (Peru)
Melissa Massat, a former Peace Corps volunteer and student of the world, expresses her dismay at the destruction of one of Peru's national treasures, resulting from the conflicting demands of development and preservation.
Melissa Massat, a former Peace Corps volunteer and student of the world, expresses her dismay at the destruction of one of Peru's national treasures, resulting from the conflicting demands of development and preservation.
Sego Canyon
A rock art site in Utah, from Max Bertola.
A rock art site in Utah, from Max Bertola.
Uan Muhuggiag (Libya)
The cave of Uan Muhuggiag contains an occupation and rock art, located in the Acacus massif of the central Saharan desert of Libya.
The cave of Uan Muhuggiag contains an occupation and rock art, located in the Acacus massif of the central Saharan desert of Libya.
Valcamonica (Italy)
Valcamonica is the name of a valley in northern Italy that is home to numerous rock art sites, some as early as the Upper Paleolithic and into the Iron Age.
Valcamonica is the name of a valley in northern Italy that is home to numerous rock art sites, some as early as the Upper Paleolithic and into the Iron Age.