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The archaeology of rock art in Northern Africa [PDF]
, 2017 The first reports on the rock art of north Africa were written in the mid-nineteenth century. Since then, rock art has become a key area of African archaeological research.
DI LERNIA, Savino
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The Newfound Petroglyphs at Aso, Birjand, Eastern Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2018 Located only 300 meters south of the village of Aso in a mountainous landscape, the so-called Aso petroglyphs wereidentified and analyzed as part of archeological and anthropological surveys in 2013.
Hamid Reza Ghorbani, Sara Sadeghi
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Monitoring Rock Art Decay: Archival Image Analysis of Petroglyphs on Murujuga, Western Australia
Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, 2021 This paper considers the effects of industrialisation upon one of the world’s most significant rock art sites, Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula), located in north-west Western Australia.
Benjamin W. Smith +3 more
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Rock art research as landscape archaeology: a pilot study in Galicia, north-west Spain [PDF]
, 1992 [EN] Like so much rock art, the Neolithic/Bronze Age petroglyphs of Galicia have been studied mainly as a source of stylistic information. This paper contends that it may be more rewarding to see them as a vital component of the prehistoric landscape. In
Bradley, Richard +2 more
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Newfound Petroglyphs of Qonaq Qiran, Ardabil, NW Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Archaeological StudiesPetroglyphs, as one of the earliest forms of art, are highly valued evidence in fields such as archaeology, art history, and anthropology. A significant number of petroglyphs have thus far been identified and documented throughout Iran, with Northwestern
Zahra Almasipeyman +3 more
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Documentation and interpretation of the petroglyphs of Chichictara, Palpa (Peru), using terrestrial laser scanning and image-based 3D modeling [PDF]
, 2008 In Chichictara, southern Peru, petroglyphs cover the surface of around 150 rocks, located in a small valley. The goals of the Chichictara Project are the documentation of the petroglyphs, the dating of them and an understanding of the original social ...
Fux, Peter +2 more
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ABOUT DATING OF PETROGLYPHS OF GOBUSTAN (AZERBAIJAN)
History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Caucasus, 2021 Since the discovery of the petroglyphs of Gobustan, there have been numerous studies of petroglyphs, field work on documentation, and archeological excavations.
M. N. Farajova
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Solar eclipse represented in the petroglyphs of Vigirima (Venezuela)
Virtual Archaeology Review, 2013 The Vigirima archaeological complex is characterised by the abundant presence of lithic sites whose age is unknown. The land registry of the petroglyphs, the revision of the techniques and styles used in its execution and the classification of the ...
Nelson Falcón
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The prototype of ancient analemmatic sundials (Rostov Oblast, Russia) [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2016 The article presents the results of a study of petroglyphs on a unique stone slab discovered near the kurgan 1 of the kurgan field Varvarinsky I (Rostov Oblast, Russia).
Vodolazhskaya, L.N. +2 more
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A Forgotten Heritage Revisited [PDF]
, 2018 This paper presents a comprehensive review of historical and current rock art research on the island of Soqotra, Yemen and places these sites within a spatial framework from which it analyses themes concerning water and the visibility and invisibility of
Jansen van Rensburg, Julian
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