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A Southeastern Cave Entrance
Indigenous Cave Explorers of the Southeastern US
by Gregory Crouch|April 3, 2022|cave art, Mississippian, Mural of America, Native American, North America, petroglyph, Rock Art, Uncategorized, unnamed cave, Woodland
Indisputable evidence proves Indigenous Americans ventured as far as 3 miles into southeastern caves 5,000 years before the invention of electric light. Native Americans were excellent cave explorers.
Esplanade Polychrome style
by Stephen Alvarez|April 2, 2022|age, Archaic, Arizona, Esplanade Polychrome, Mojave County, Native American, Rock Art Styles
Esplanade Polychrome style is known from only a handful of rock art sites in Mojave County Arizona.
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian. The Precontact Native American Cultures of Southeastern United States
by Gregory Crouch|March 23, 2022|age, Alabama, Archaic, cave art, geoglyph, Mississippian, Modern, Native American, North America, Painting, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art, Tennessee, Woodland
Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian the pre contact Native American Cultures of the Southeastern US.
Serranía de la Lindosa, Columbia
Are the Serranía de la Lindosa paintings 12,000 years old?
by ancientartarch|March 8, 2022|age, news, Painting, Paleolithic, pictograph, Rock Art
Are the Serrania de la Lindosa Colombia paintings 12,000 years old? They could be but why are they so well preserved?
Venus of Willendorf
Venus of Willendorf is Italian
by ancientartarch|March 7, 2022|age, Austria, Europe, Gravettian, Italy, news
The Venus of Willendorf, a 35,000 year old statue found in Austria has its roots in Italy
Paenl of the Four Horses
Panel of the Four Horses, Chauvet in VR
by Stephen Alvarez|February 11, 2022|age, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Paleolithic, pictograph, Rock Art, Virtual Reality
The panel of the Four Horses in Chauvet Pont d'Arc cave is now online in VR
Falcon Warrior in Devilstep Hollow Cave
Devilstep Hollow Cave
by ancientartarch|February 9, 2022|cave art, Mississippian, Mural of America, Native American, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art, Tennessee, Virtual Reality
People we refer to as Mississippian used Devilstep Hollow cave as a ceremonial space. Explore the artwork and symbols sealed inside
pictograph handprint in El Castillo
Dating Rock Art, How Old Is It?
by Joshua Alvarez|January 14, 2022|36000 BP, age, Altamira, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, How Old Is It?, pictograph, Rock Art, Spain
paintings in El Castillo in Spain are more than 40,000 years old, much older than previously suspected
What does it take to understand cave art?
by Stephen Alvarez|January 10, 2022|20000, age, cave art, petroglyph, Rock Art, Spain
a glimpse into the mind of the paleolithic artist
New Age of the Cerne Abbas Giant Geoglyph
by Stephen Alvarez|August 8, 2021|age, geoglyph, news, Rock Art
An article in Sapiens lists the age for the Cerne Abbas Giant geoglyph in Dorset, England. The 180 foot long image is now thought to have been made between AD 700 and AD 1100 -the early medieval period. There are 30 or more chalk geoglyphs in Southern England, no word on their age.