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The Bedrock of Rock Art: The Significance of Quartz Arenite as a Canvas for Rock Art in Central Sweden

Open Archaeology
In Scandinavia, numerous regions with high densities of rock art exist. One notable area is Mälardalen in central Sweden, where rock art, primarily dating from the Bronze Age and featuring various characters and symbolic meanings, is located along the ...
Löfstedt Joakim, Löwenborg Daniel
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The historical impact of anthropogenic air-borne sulphur on the Pleistocene rock art of Sulawesi. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Gagan MK, Halide H, Permana RCE, Lebe R, Dunbar GB, Kimbrough AK, Scott-Gagan H, Zwartz D, Hantoro WS.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Astronomical symbolism in Australian Aboriginal rock art

, 2011
Traditional Aboriginal Australian cultures include a significant astronomical component, perpetuated through oral tradition and ceremony. This knowledge has practical navigational and calendrical functions, and in some cases extends to a deep ...
Hamacher, Duane W., Norris, Ray P. (R17893)   +1 more
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Recursive and Iterative Processes in Australian Rock Art: An Anthropological Perspective

, 2016
This chapter explores a neglected theoretical issue in rock art: the recursive potential of rock art as a medium of expression. Rock art provides a reservoir of images for succeeding generations who can not only view and interpret the record, but also ...
Morphy, Howard
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«Bergkunsten i Alta, hva er det?»

Primitive Tider
This essay investigates the use of public outreach towards younger generations as a tool for conserving and maintaining The Rock Art of Alta as a UNESCO world heritage site in Norway and rock art sites in general.
Oscar Storlid Vardund, Robert Lende
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Rock art and frontier conflict in Southeast Asia: Insights from direct radiocarbon ages for the large human figures of Gua Sireh, Sarawak. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Huntley J, Taçon PSC, Jalandoni A, Petchey F, Dotte-Sarout E, William MSS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Characterizing Rock Art Pigments

, 2017
The materials used to make rock art contain important evidence about the cultural practices of the people who created it: their technologies, movements, and social interactions.
Jillian Huntley, Huntley, Jillian, Emilie Chalmin, Chalmin, E, Huntley, J, Chalmin, Emilie   +5 more
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Animal tracks and human footprints in prehistoric hunter-gatherer rock art of the Doro! nawas mountains (Namibia), analysed by present-day indigenous tracking experts. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Lenssen-Erz T, Pastoors A, Uthmeier T, Ciqae T, Kxunta /, Thao T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Redescription of the Triassic cynodont Cistecynodon parvus and reassessment of its phylogeny

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Cynodontia is an important subclade of Therapsida that first occurred in the late Permian. It includes extinct subclades which are the non‐mammaliaform cynodonts and Mammaliaformes, with the latter ultimately giving rise to crown mammals. The systematics of non‐mammaliaform cynodonts has been extensively studied and is relatively well‐resolved,
Erin S. Lund, Frederik P. Wolvaardt, Roger M. H. Smith, Jaganmoy Jodder, Julien Benoit   +4 more
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Communicating and Disseminating Rock Art Research on Facebook: The ERC Artsoundscapes Project Goes Public. [PDF]

Herit Soc, 2022
Coltofean-Arizancu L, Mattioli T, Díaz-Andreu M.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source