North America

Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, France
Rock Art: What are Pictographs, Petroglyphs, and Geoglyphs?
by ancientartarch|November 19, 2024|age, California, cave art, Chauvet, Emery County, France, geoglyph, Native American, North America, Painting, Paleolithic, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art, Uncategorized, Utah
Rock Art: Pictographs, Petroglyphs, and Geoglyphs. Three techniques are used by the world's first artists. What do those terms mean and what does the art look like?
Old River Bed Delta Footprints, Utah
by Stephen Alvarez|October 31, 2024|age, North America, Paleolithic, Utah
12,000 years ago someone walked through a stream in Utah. What do the footprints they left behind tell us?
Jackson Hole Talk September 4th
by ancientartarch|August 20, 2024|news, Wyoming
Join us Sept 4th, 2024 5:30 PM MDT Altamira Fine Arts Gallery in Jackson WY
Storied Rock Interview
by ancientartarch|May 31, 2024|Native American, news, North America, Rock Art
Our founder Stephen Alvarez was interviewed on public radio about producing the Storied Rock article in National Geographic Magazine and the work of the Ancient Art Archive. Listen to the interview here. Storied Rock is live on National Geographic's website (here subscription required). You can see the images on Alvarez's website by going to America's Murals.
The Rochester Creek Panel
Rochester Creek Petroglyph Site Video
by Stephen Alvarez|April 11, 2024|Archaic, Emery County, Fremont, Modern, Mural of America, Native American, North America, petroglyph, Rock Art, Utah
The Rochester Creek Rock Art Site is an extraordinary Fremont site in Emery County, Utah. With a story telling team of Native American descendants, land managers and archaeologists we have put together this 3 minute film that imagines the site from the point of view of Ute spiritual leader Larry Cesspooch.
National Geographic Summit
by Stephen Alvarez|February 20, 2024|California, Mural of America, Native American, news
Dustin Mater and I were invited to the National Geographic Storytellers Summit in LA. The Summit is a gathering of National Geographic grantees who come together annually for a few days of inspiration and presentations
Great Gallery of Horseshoe Canyon, Utah USA
Barrier Canyon Style Rock Art
by ancientartarch|December 21, 2023|Barrier Canyon Style, North America, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art, Rock Art Styles, Uncategorized, Utah
The Barrier Canyon Style (BCS) represents an intriguing facet of prehistoric rock art, primarily concentrated in Utah, notably flourishing within the San Rafael Swell and Canyonlands National Park regions
Horse Nation in Science
by ancientartarch|November 20, 2023|Native American, North America
New study of horses in North America
Petroglyphs in Gold Butte National Monument
Nevada man sentenced to 6 months in prison for damaging rock art
by Stephen Alvarez|November 17, 2023|Nevada, North America, petroglyph, Rock Art
A Nevada man will spend 6 month in jail for defacing rock art in Nevada
Dinwoody Petroglyphs
Updates to our public sites list
by ancientartarch|February 1, 2023|Native American, North America, Utah, Wyoming
We've updated the International Public Ancient Art sites list to include two wonderful rock art sites in Utah and Wyoming.