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Picture Cave Missouri Sold at Auction
by Stephen Alvarez|September 15, 2021|news, pictograph, Rock Art
Picture Cave Missouri, the Mississippian era ceremonial cave near St Louis, containing some of the most incredible pictographs in North America has sold at auction for $2.2 million to bidders who wish to remain anonymous. There is no word on what plans the new owners have for this cultural masterpiece. Details about the Picture Cave sale are in this NPR story here. The 43-acre parcel was sold on September 14 by Selkirk Auctions. We are of course disappointed that the cultural asset was not moved to public or tribal hands. Picture Cave relates significantly to Cahokia and the red horn story. Red Horn in the form of the Falcon Warrior makes an appearance in Devilstep Hollow cave in Tennessee (see our 360 degree VR video with narration by Dustin Mater here). For anyone who would like more information on the art and significance of Picture Cave we recommend Carol Diaz-Granados...
Altamira Cave, Spain
Altamira Cave, Spain
by Stephen Alvarez|April 2, 2021|1400BP, Altamira, cave art, Europe, How Old Is It?, Magdalenian, Painting, Paleolithic, pictograph, Rock Art, Spain, Virtual Reality
Altamira cave is Spain is one of the most pristine examples of paleolithic cave art, but the pictographs discovery is rooted in controversy
Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, France
Chauvet Cave the discovery of 36,000-year-old art
by Gregory Crouch|March 14, 2021|36000 BP, age, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Painting, Paleolithic, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art
almost 30 years ago explorers forced their way into Chauvet cave in France, what they found astounded the world.
Dstretch helps us see faded art
Dstretch, an algorithm adapted from NASA helps us see ancient rock art
by Joshua Alvarez|March 7, 2021|news, pictograph, Rock Art, Utah
How do we see rock art that is mostly faded away?
Rock Art in the Bears Ears National Monument
Bears Ears National Monument is 3 years old
by Stephen Alvarez|December 28, 2019|Bears Ears, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art, San Juan County, Utah
The Bears Ears National Monument is 3 years old!
Bulls painted in Altamira Cave
Pointillism is 38,000 years old. We have invented nothing
by Stephen Alvarez|March 9, 2017|36000 BP, age, Altamira, Aurignacian, cave art, Gravettian, news, Rock Art, Spain
Pointillism is 38,000 years old. We have invented nothing.
Rainbow Man, Barrier Canyon Style Pictographs, Emery County Utah
by Stephen Alvarez|February 10, 2017|4000 BP, Barrier Canyon Style, Emery County, pictograph, Rock Art, Utah
A horned anthropomorphic petroglyph with rainbows enhanced with D-Stretch. Barrier Canyon Style Pictographs, Emery County Utah Within this faded group of Barrier Canyon Style pictograph is the Double Rainbow man. The figure is somewhat faded so I have run D-Stretch to bring it then recombined it with the original image to make the figure above. (more…)
High Gallery Barrier Canyon Style rock art panel, Wayne County Utah
by Stephen Alvarez|February 9, 2017|4000 BP, Barrier Canyon Style, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art, Utah, Wayne County
A detailed view of the High Gallery of Horseshoe Canyon, Wayne County Utah. High Gallery of Horseshoe Canyon, Wayne County, Utah Recorded August 2016 This is the first gallery in The Horseshoe (Barrier) Canyon section of Canyonlands National Park. It is on the East wall of the canyon far above the canyon floor. It has well-preserved anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures in classic Barrier Canyon Style. Besides the pictographs there are also a number of petroglyphs faintly visible within the panel.  BCS style art is thought to be about 4,000 years BP. There is a longer discussion of the age of the art on the NPS Horseshoe canyon page (here). To see the panel in greater context of the canyon look at this image
Chauvet Cave Photographing the Lion Panel
by Stephen Alvarez|January 5, 2016|36000 BP, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Rock Art
Shooting the Lion Panel of Chauvet changed my life.