rock art

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rock art

Markings, including carvings, incised drawings, and paintings, made by human beings on rocks and rock formations such as cliff faces and cave walls.

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PESHAWAR -- The pre-historic rock carvings and paintings found along the famous invaders' route in Khyber tribal region may only be the tip of an iceberg as the rest of the border areas are finally open for archaeological survey after the merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Govt to conduct archaeological survey of tribal districts

Many sites including the Big Rock at Okotoks and the rock carvings and paintings at Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park have been vandalized, said Jerry Potts of the Piikani First Nation.

Renewing our relationship with the land

For one, they are a vast cultural and historical warehouse, containing thousands of Native American archaeological sites, prehistoric rock carvings and paintings, pioneer trails, ghost towns, and fossil remains.