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Côa Valley Archaeological Park, Portugal - http://www.ipa.min-cultura.pt/coa/
Encompasses an important array of rock-shelters with prehistoric painted and engraved rocks. Illustrated description of the site, its rock art and the Paleolithic period, with visitor information. |
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International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO) - http://www.cesmap.it/ifrao/ifrao.html
Federation of national and regional organizations promoting the study of rock art and cognitive archaeology. Features news, reports, information on conferences, and contact details. |
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Rock Art Research Institute - http://rockart.wits.ac.za/origins/index.php?section=46
Based in the Department of Archaeology at the University of the Witwatersrand, the Institute is devoted to full time research on Southern African rock art and its preservation. Staff and research profile, publications list, and photographs. |
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Rock Art Research Institute - http://rockart.wits.ac.za/
University of the Witwatersrand research project focused on Southern African rock art and its preservation. Archive, staff and project profiles, publications, related links. |
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Bolivian Rock Art Research Society (SIARB) - http://www.siarb-bolivia.org/
Society for investigation and recording of rock paintings and petroglyphs, protection and conservation of rock art sites, as well as publication of scientific reports and education of the general public. |
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Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic Database - http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/rockart.html
Database of over 10,000 citations to the world's rock art literature, with an emphasis on English language and North American citations. Compiled by M. Leigh Marymor and hosted by the Bancroft Library, Berkley. |
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Rock Art Pages - http://www.jqjacobs.net/rock_art/
A series of articles by James Q. Jacobs on the rock art of the American Southwest. Illustrated with photographs, ink renditions and background graphics. Includes free educational materials and desktop patterns. |
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Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association - http://www.tcinternet.net/users/cbailey/
Association is dedicated to publicizing the petroglyph and pictograph research being conducted in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Contains links to rock art information across North America. |
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Rupestre.net: A Rock Art Site - http://www.rupestre.net/ralinks/
Includes a worldwide database of rock art links. |
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Bradshaw Paintings - http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/bradshaws/
The Bradshaw Paintings are incredibly sophisticated, as you will see from the 32 pictures in the Paintings Section, yet they are not recent creations but originate from an unknown past period which some suggest could have been 50,000 years ago. |
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Australian Rock Art Research Association - http://www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/aura/
Group whose focus is in the fields of rock art, palaeoart studies and cognitive archaeology. Discussion forum, book reviews, announcements, and rock art gallery. |
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Utah Rock Art Research Association - http://www.utahrockart.org
Organization dedicated to the education about and preservation of Native American rock art. Annual symposium information, membership, publications, gallery of rock art. |
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Stand Up for the Burrup - http://www.standupfortheburrup.com
Stand Up for the Burrup is the website of Friends of Australian Rock Art, an international campaign group fighting to preserve the world's oldest and largest outdoor rock art landscape at the Dampier Archipeligo, Western Australia. |
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Rock Art Investigations - http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/vhra/web/index.html
Images, links, description, and bibliography of rock art in Peru and Bolivia. |
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Petroglyphs and Rock Art - http://www.petroglyphs.us
Features captioned photographs and articles about rock art petroglyphs and pictographs. Mostly lesser known sites in the California deserts and the adjacent southwest. |
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Archives of ROCK-ART - http://lists.asu.edu/archives/rock-art.html
Rock art discussion list. |
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UCLA Rock Art Archive - http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/rockart/
This archive is a repository of several major private collections of rock art data and is open to visitors and researchers. Staff profiles, volunteer programs, collection information, grants, and related links. |
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Dr. Marvin W. Rowe Research Group - http://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/rowe/research.html
Brief profile and publications of a research group working on dating and DNA/phylogenetic analysis of prehistoric rock paintings (pictographs). |
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University of Durham: Rock Art Past & Present - http://www.dur.ac.uk/prehistoric.art/
Research papers on the recording, conservation, presentation and interpretation of Prehistoric Rock Art. Also course modules and links. |
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International Rock Art Database Project - http://www.cs.unm.edu/~brayer/rock/general.html
University of New Mexico computerized database system for the storage and analysis of rock art data being developed with the support of the National Park Service, the Sandia Pueblo and the Chamisa Foundation. |
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Earliest Evidence of Art found - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/733747.stm
Archaeologists in Zambia uncover evidence that early humans used paint for aesthetic purposes far earlier than previously thought. |
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Rock Art at Rice - http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~raar/
Introduction to prehistoric art with an emphasis on the southwest and western United States. Dating, interpretive theories, image database, and conservation. |
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Rock Art - http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bclee/rockart/rockart.html
Photographs by Brian and Dave Lee of petroglyphs, pictographs, cave paintings, mostly Archaic styles of the Southwestern U.S. |
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Dates for Rock Art at a Bronze Age Sanctuary at the Galería del Sílex Cave - http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/diez/diez.html
The site of Galería del Sílex, part of the Atapuerca complex in Burgos, Spain, is exceptional for the conditions of its discovery, as well as for the good state of preservation of the graphic manifestations and archaeological assemblage it contains. |
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Rock Art Research & Art History - http://www.ditomorales.com/
Focuses on the research interests of Reinaldo Morales including rock art of the Americas, photographs of prehistoric art, and links of interest to students of art history. |
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Colorado Historical Society: Rock Art References - http://coloradohistory-oahp.org/publications/pubs/1205b.pdf
Bibliography of Colorado sites, conservation issues, dating methods, research, regional studies, and videos. |
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Colorado Historical Society: Rock Art Studies - http://coloradohistory-oahp.org/programareas/paac/classinfo/rockartbg.pdf
Details regarding course which provides a general overview of the field of rock art as part of the Program for Avocational Archaeological Certification. |
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Petroglyph National Monument - http://home.i1.net/~dwolfe/petro/
Photos of rock art found at Petroglyph National Monument near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Includes link to National Park Service site. |
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Rock Art of the Blood of the Ancestors Grotto - http://virtual.parkland.edu/lstelle1/len/center_for_social_research/BAG/BAG_main.html
Data collection and analysis of the prehistoric pictographs of the Blood of the Ancestors Grotto, Saline County, Illinois. |
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Rock Art Dating and Conservation - http://www.jqjacobs.net//rock_art/ra_conserve.html
Essays on rock art dating and the rational for rock art conservation. History of and continuing rock art destruction is discussed. |