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A NAVAJO ROCK ART SITE IN THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS?
Almont rock art site, CO.Photo, Jared Allen, 2016.I recently received some fascinating pictures and information from Jared Allen. Jared shared some photographs of a rock art site near Almont, in...
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VANDALIZED BY MOTHER NATURE - CHINESE ROCK ART DESTROYED BY FLOODING:
Flood damage upon chinese rockart, Helan Mountain, NingxiaAutonomous Region, China.http://www.archaeology.org/news?page=2A recent story on www.archaeolgy.org reported considerable damage to rock art...
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HUERFANO BUTTE, NEW MEXICO, AS THE MODEL FOR PAINTED MOUNTAINS AT MESA VERDE?
Huerfano Butte, New Mexico.Photograph Eric Packard,http://listsofjohn.comOn October 8, 2016, Dr. Steve Lekson gave the keynote speech at the CAS 2016 Annual Meeting in Grand Junction. He discussed...
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MYTHOLOGY IN ROCK ART:
We have long been convinced that mythology could offer insights into the meaning of rock art. I am sure that we all know of examples where we are convinced that this works, that the meaning of a rock...
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS IN ROCK ART - CHINESE CAVE INSCRIPTIONS:
Chinese drought inscription,Davu Cave, Qinling mountains,China. From Ghose, LiveScience,August 20, 2015.A subject in rock art that has long fascinated me is evidence of verifiable events recorded on...
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NEW ROCK ART DISCOVERIES IN JORDAN:
Petroglyphs found in theBlack Desert of Jordan.Photo: Peter Akkermans.A November 21, 2016, article on LiveScience, written by Owen Jarus, covers the recording of "thousands of inscriptions and...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS2016FromRockArtBlog Santa Dasher Dancer Prancer Vixen Comet Cupid Donner Blitzen RudolphWho forgot thesleigh?Photograph courtesy of Robert Dundas© 2009, Peter Faris
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2016 C.R.A.P. AWARD GOES TO UTAH SENATORS ORRIN HATCH AND MIKE LEE, AND...
It is once again time for RockArtBlog to award the coveted annual C.R.A.P. (Certifiable Rock Art Prevarication) award for what is one of the year's biggest rock art related prevarications. This year's...
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CAVE ART PROVIDES A CONFIRMATION OF A HYBRID BISON SPECIES IN PALEOLITHIC...
Male European bison, Poland.Rafal Kowalczyk.European bison, Poland.Rafal Kowalczyk.From time to time we hear discussion of the possibility of using cave paintings and other rock art to add to...
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PORTABLE PALEOLITHIC ART FROM PARPALLO CAVE, SPAIN - A REVIEW:
Engraved horse head, Parpallo cave-6, http://www.arte-coa.pt"Parpalló cave is located in the Monduber Mountains, close to Gandia, in the province of Valencia, Spain. The cave was discovered by Vilanova...
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ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE THREE MOUNTAIN THEME AT MESA VERDE:
Mural 30, Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde,Colorado. Public domain photograph,National Park Service. On November 26, 2016, I posted a column titled Huerfano Butte, New Mexico, as the Model for Painted...
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MODERN ATTEMPTS TO REPRODUCE THE CATTLE PICTURED IN CAVE PAINTINGS - THE...
Cave painting of an aurochs.Public Domain.On January 7, 2017, I posted a column titled Cave Art Provides A Confirmation Of A Hybrid Bison Species In Paleolithic Europe, which presented the use of cave...
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AN ANCIENT PICTISH WATER MONSTER'S RESEMBLANCE TO THE SEA WOLF OF NORTHWEST...
Pictish stone, media3.picsearch.com,public domain.Pictish stone, www.itraveluk.co, public domain.Every once-in-a-while I find it to be almost irresistible to give in to whimsy. This posting is a prime...
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38,000-YEAR-OLD AURIGNACIAN CAVE ART DISCOVERED IN FRANCE:
Photo credit: Limestone slab engravedwith an image of an aurochs, or estinctwild cow, discovered at Abri Blanchardin 2012 (Musee national de Prehistoirecollections - photo MNP - ph. Jugie).Just when...
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A UNIQUE THEME IN PALEOLITHIC PORTABLE ART - THE BIRD ON A TURD:
Spear thrower, carved antler, showingan ibex or chamois giving birth,Mas d'Azil, France. Public domain.Continuing with the practice of classifying Paleolithic portable art as related to the category...
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LIZARD HAND PRINTS IN EGYPTIAN WESTERN DESERT ROCK ART:
Wadi Sura II pictographs, Egypt. Tiny handprints circled. Photo www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk, public domain.In the past, I have posted columns on human handprints in rock art, and columns about animal tracks...
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MORE 38,000-YEAR-OLD AURIGNACIAN ART DISCOVERED IN FRANCE:
Painted block of stone from AbriCastanet, figures in red and blackpigment are identified as animals.Sciencedaily photograph byRaphaelle Bourillon.On Saturday, February 11, 2017, I posted about the...
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A SICILIAN SOLSTICE MARKER?
The team of researchers with thehole-in-the-rock. Photograph:ANSA, www.ancientorigins.net.A recent story by Rossella Lorenzi, in Seeker.com written on January 5, 2017, and titled "Ancient...
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POINTILLISM IN ROCK ART - A MISAPPLIED DEFINITION:
Mammoth engraving from AbroCellier, France. Photo anddrawing by R. Bourrillon.I have commented on recent discoveries by Randall White from New York University and his team of researchers, and their...
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THE MOAB MASTODON? A FISH-EATING BEAR REVISITED:
Moab Mastodon, Photographby Dell Crandall. On November 25, 2009, I wrote a column inRockArtBlogtitled Elephantids In North American Rock Art - The Moab Mastodon, in which I expressed the opinion that...
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