petroglyph

Paleolithic paintings in Cresswell Craigs, UK

by ancientartarch|June 28, 2024June 28, 2024|Europe, Paleolithic

https://youtu.be/6njVt5X4WWo Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire is one of the most important Upper Paleolithic sites in the British Isles and has been the focus for archaeologists for over 170 years. In 2021, Research Fellow, Dr George Nash at the University of Liverpool explored the walls and ceilings of several caves within the Gorge, including Church Hole Cave and Robin Hood’s Cave. The results of this survey revealed several panels in Church Hole Cave that showed potential evidence of painted surfaces using a locally sourced red pigment. Read about his findings at the Bradshaw Foundation website (here).

Rochester Creek Petroglyph Site Video

by Stephen Alvarez|April 11, 2024April 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.

Petroglyphs in Gold Butte National Monument

Nevada man sentenced to 6 months in prison for damaging rock art

by Stephen Alvarez|November 17, 2023November 17, 2023|Nevada, North America, petroglyph, Rock Art

A Nevada man will spend 6 month in jail for defacing rock art in Nevada

Record low water reveals petroglyphs in Brazil

by Stephen Alvarez|November 4, 2023November 4, 2023|news

Record low water in the Rio Negro of Brazil has revealed petroglyphs that were previously under water. The story was originally reported by Reuters (go here to see the story and images) but has appeared in multiple news outlets. One of the best is in the Guardian (here). The images are not well studied but thought to be of similar age to other petroglyphs in the Amazon -1,000 to 2,000 years old.

Persistence of Place

by Stephen Alvarez|August 5, 2022August 5, 2022|cave art, geoglyph, Mural of America, petroglyph, Rock Art

Some places become important to humans and remain so across thousands of years and multiple cultures.

Southern Utah Petroglyph Boulders

by Stephen Alvarez|July 11, 2022July 11, 2022|Native American, North America, petroglyph, Rock Art, San Juan County, Utah, Virtual Reality

We have loaded a VR model of petroglyph boulders in Utah optimized for the Oculus headset.

Stephen Alvarez works in an unnamed cave

Native American Cave Art Over 1000-Years-Old Revealed by 3D Scans

by Gregory Crouch|May 3, 2022April 3, 2023|age, cave art, Native American, news, North America, petroglyph, Rock Art, unnamed cave, Woodland

Giant Cave Art images discovered using 3D modeling. This expands our knowledge of the Woodland Culture world view.

Rock Art in Texas Defaced

by Stephen Alvarez|January 17, 2022February 9, 2022|news, petroglyph, Rock Art

Late last year vandals irreparably damaged a rock art petroglyph panel in Big Bend National Park. 2021 was a hard year for United States rock art with major instances of vandalism reported in Utah (here, here) and now closing the year in Texas. Anyone with information about the incident in Texas should contact the Big Bend National Park Communication Center at 432-477-1187. Detailed view of vandalism in Big Bend National Park, Texas photo via NPS The National Park Service reports that there have been over 50 instances of vandalism to rock art in Big Bend since 2015. Read more at Art News (here) and Texas Monthly (here). At the Ancient Art Archive, we believe that the only long-term solution to vandalism is education. We must build a long term and wide spread appreciation for the images our predecessors left written on the landscape. To that end we have built education...