Describing and analyzing the ancient art on the walls of Utah's sandstone canyons, Jones and Miller cover when and where (and why); ancient art; time, space, culture, and symbolism on the walls of time; Utah: the
Rock Art State;
rock art culture history; images on stone mark the passage of time; ghost figures; the Fremont tradition; bighorn sheep; the man with a heart of stone; hunter-gatherer art; art and the mind of the creator; and a hundred years from now.
In 2007 Gobustan was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site considered to be of "outstanding universal value" for the quality and density of its
rock art engravings depicting images of hunting, fauna, flora and lifestyles in pre-historic times and for the cultural continuity between prehistoric and medieval times that the site reflects.
While they did not leave any written records, they left exemplary
rock art. The San people, popularly known as Bushmen, have occupied this part of Africa long before any colonial power set foot in the continent.
A patchy, weathered painting of a beast daubed on the wall of a limestone cave in Borneo may be the oldest known example of figurative
rock art, say researchers who dated the work.
Rock art has been discovered from all over the world, including Pakistan.
Hail
rock art. (Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage)
Gua Tambun, the site of South-east Asia's largest hematite Neolithic
rock art, will be open once again to visitors next week.
Prehistoric
rock art, also known as cup and ring carvings, was created from the Neolithic to the early Bronze Age, between 6,000 and 3,800 years ago.
A study of ancient
rock art sites dating back 5000 years confirmed a "ring" of probable settlements around the city.
A TEAM of archaeologists are searching for undiscovered Neolithic
rock art at a prehistoric burial-ritual site on Anglesey.
A talk on Scotland's
rock art project was given by Dr Joana Valdez-Tullett of Historic Environment Scotland.