Rock Art

Horse from La Portel Cave, by S.N. Canada

Rock Art is one of my passions and inspiration for many of my paintings. I have collected so many links on Rock Art from around the world and through the millennia, that I decided to list them here.

On this page you will find many links on Rock Art, and links to articles as well.

Be sure to check out my Gallery page, for paintings based on Rock Art for sale.

Feel free to e-mail me with questions or comments at thunderhoof@austin.rr.com .

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Rock Art Articles:

Here's a good article on Rock Art Etiquette:

Rock Art Etiquette from the Utah Rock Art Research Association
    Copyright © URARA 1997-2001

http://www.utahrockart.org/etiqt.htm


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Four Horses from Chauvet Cave, by S.N. Canada

Rock Art Links:

Informational websites for Rock Art in TEXAS:

Hueco Tanks State Historic Site

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/hueco/hueco.htm


Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/seminole/seminole.htm


The Lobo Valley Petroglyph Site, in the southwestern part of Culberson County
    (from the "Handbook of Texas" online)

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/LL/bbl10.html


Big Bend
    (article on Petroglyphs in the Chinati Mountains in Presidio County from the Center for Big Bend Studies)

http://www.sulross.edu/~cbbs/news.html


Texas Rock Art Sites
    (An excellent list of more Texas Rock Art websites,
    Be sure to check out the link for Forrest Kirkland's Texas Rock Art Watercolors)

http://rockart.esmartweb.com/texas.html

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Reccommended Reading:


The Shamans of Prehistory: Trance and Magic in the Painted Caves

by Jean Clottes, David Lewis-Williams, Sophie Hawkes (Translator), J. David Lewis-Williams


Prehistoric Art and Civilization (Discoveries)

by Denis Vialou


Sacred Images: A Vision of Native American Rock Art

text by Leslie Kelen and David Sucec, photos by Cragi Law, John Telford, Tom Till, and Philip Hyde


The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art

by David Lewis-Williams


The Cave Beneath the Sea: Paleolithic Images at Cosquer

by Jean Clottes, Jean Courtin (Contributor), Marilyn Garner (Translator)

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Rock Art from Around the World. More links, click here: World Rock Art

How did I get interested in petroglyphs? Click here for a personal story: The Shaman in the Cleft

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