Rock Art

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?
Paleolithic paintings in Cresswell Craigs, UK
by ancientartarch|June 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).
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.
National Geographic Storytellers Summit 2024
by Stephen Alvarez|April 12, 2024|Mural of America
It was an honor to present my work on the Mural of America at the National Geographic Storytellers Summit in Los Angeles in February. It was an inspiring 2 days
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
Cueva de las Manos
Patagonia Cave Art: A Pictograph Seen Across 3000 Years
by Stephen Alvarez|February 16, 2024|age, cave art, Painting, pictograph, Rock Art
A new paper in Science Advances suggests that a single pictograph motif persists across 130 human generations at a site in Argentina
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
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
Art Beneath Our Feet
Art Beneath Our Feet
by Stephen Alvarez|February 14, 2023|news, Uncategorized
February 28th, 2023 6PM Central Standard Time Franklin, Tennessee Why are people artists? And what do the first artworks tell us about ourselves? Those questions have guided National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez on a decade-long quest to understand art’s biological origins and how it connects our past to our present. His journey has taken him from the southern coast of Africa, where humans first begin making paint over 100,000 years ago, to the discovery of the America’s largest cave artworks in the Southern United States. This presentation is in person and in partnership with Williamson County Heritage. It is free but registration is required (here). February 28th, 2023 6PM Central Standard Time Franklin Theater Franklin Tennessee