Photo: Valley of Fire
Rock Art = Human-made markings placed on natural stone
Tips
Please do not touch the rock art because contact with the oils in skin will damage them. You may take photographs and sketches, but rubbings are not permitted. Avoid climbing near rock art sites.
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Vandalism
Petroglyph thefts near Bishop stun federal authorities, Paiutes
Australia
Aboriginal rock art may depict first sea arrivals
Push on to protect Australia’s rare rock art
Rock art at risk
Aboriginal rock art at risk from mining – interactive map
PERAHU
Google Art Project
Rock art goes digital – The Djulirri rock art complex in the north of Australia contains some extraordinary ancient works. And new technologies have allowed them to be digitised and available to the world for the first time.
India
http://www.ibtimes.com/5000-year-old-indian-rock-painting-may-be-oldest-star-chart-supernova-depiction-2638204
https://qz.com/1171320/5000-year-old-rock-art-found-in-india-is-likely-the-oldest-depiction-of-a-supernova/
Indonesia
Cave paintings change ideas about the origin of art
Europe
European Cave Art: Was It The Earliest Form of Cinema?
Ancient cave art could be Neanderthal’s
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Mexico
Mexican archaeologists find complex panel of 1,000 year-old petroglyphs in Nayarit
New Zealand
http://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/our_stories/the-first-languageof-te-waipounamu/
USA
http://www.singingdesert.com
Rough ride to rock etchings worth the trip
Nevada petroglyphs the oldest in North America
Dating North America’s Oldest Petroglyphs
CU-Boulder led research effort dates oldest petroglyphs known in North America
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nevada-petroglyphs-oldest-north-america
http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/trip-week/ancient-cultures-left-mark-southwest
https://www.texasobserver.org/if-these-walls-could-talk – @bradtyer
http://www.howtofindrockart.com
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7–8,000-yr-old hunting scene at Damaidi, where pictographs may be v ancient precursers of modern Chinese characters. pic.twitter.com/FiwaL0hwP6
— Fiona Robertson (@megalithophile) January 27, 2016
Beautiful #rockart panel found along the Green River in #DesolationCyn. Can you tell a story from the native artwork? pic.twitter.com/L5Jn91X4YF
— BLM Utah (@BLMUtah) July 21, 2014
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