rogue_corq‘Marks that speak across time’: rock art discovered in Oman https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/11/marks-that-speak-across-time-rock-art-discovered-in-oman?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Archaeology #Rockart
grateful wolfMapping Portable Art in Late Iberian Prehistory [html, pdf 24pp] #portableArt #RockArt #neolithic #chalcolithic #iberia https://www.academia.edu/74363863/Mapping_Portable_Art_in_Late_Iberian_Prehistory
Boats on the rocks: Late prehistoric nautical
iconography and landscape, from Northwest
Iberia to Scandinavia [html, pdf 51pp] #RockArt #BronzeAge #iberia https://www.academia.edu/167719332/_2026_Boats_on_the_Rocks_Late_Prehistoric_Nautical_Iconography_and_Landscape_from_Northwest_Iberia_to_Scandinavia
iconography and landscape, from Northwest
Iberia to Scandinavia [html, pdf 51pp] #RockArt #BronzeAge #iberia https://www.academia.edu/167719332/_2026_Boats_on_the_Rocks_Late_Prehistoric_Nautical_Iconography_and_Landscape_from_Northwest_Iberia_to_Scandinavia
(2026) Boats on the Rocks: Late Prehistoric Nautical Iconography and Landscape, from Northwest Iberia to Scandinavia
This paper offers a comparative analysis of prehistoric rock art boat depictions found across northwest Iberia and southern Scandinavia. We apply advanced digital documentation techniques, including high-resolution 3D recording and Geographic
Ivan ArtyukhinThere is still no scientific consensus on the exact age. Estimates range from around 12,000 years all the way down to just a few hundred years. The main reason for the debate is the remarkably good preservation of the red ochre paintings — they look almost too fresh and vibrant for something that old.
08.05.2026
Nuevo Tolima, Guaviare, Colombia
#nuevotolima #rockart #archaeology #rockpainting #pinturasrupestres #наскальнаяживопись
A few years ago, I came across photos of the ancient rock art in Serranía de la Lindosa and immediately added it to my must-visit list. Seeing it in person is even more breathtaking. The site is often called the “Sistine Chapel of the Amazon”.
This is Nuevo Tolima — one of the three main rock art sites in the area that are currently open to visitors.
08.05.2026
Nuevo Tolima, Guaviare, Colombia
#nuevotolima #rockart #archaeology #rockpainting #pinturasrupestres #наскальнаяживопись
Anthropology.netA cave in northern Spain required visitors to crawl 13m through total darkness to reach it. People did this from the late Ice Age to the Iron Age, 11,000+ years of return visits, each generation adding its own marks to the walls. #Paleoanthropology #RockArt #Archaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-cave-within-a-cave
Wisdom in SpaceSimplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
-- Alan Perlis
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlanPerlis #Complexity #Simplicity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah
Finding the Artists: Towards A Biographical Turn in Rock Art Research [pdf 16pp] #RockArt https://rockartresearch.com/index.php/rock/article/view/786/524
BellingenNSWWhat climate pollution?
The UN to ensure Australian compliance with international law
The right to a healthy environment as mandated by international law
"A UN special rapporteur has intervened in Australia's decision to extend Woodside's North West Shelf gas project by another 40 years. Australia did not adequately consider the climate impacts of extending its largest gas project, an independent United Nations expert has told the Federal Court."
"We are living a triple planetary crisis, not only climate change, but also biodiversity loss and toxic pollution...The project's emissions — the third-highest in Australia — were likely causing irreversible damage to the World Heritage site, Murujuga, home to some of the world's oldest known rock carvings."
"As recently as last month, Australia was one of 141 countries to endorse a landmark resolution by the International Court of Justice, which found that states had a legal imperative to consider climate in their environmental impact assessments." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-04/un-special-rapporteur-woodside-north-west-shelf/106724220
#FossilFuels #climate #GHG #EPBCAct #UN #IndigenousPeoples #oilandGas #HumanRights #RockArt #FARA #biodiversity #environment #pollution #harm #burrup #Murujuga #law #RuleOfLaw
Richard RatheThis one is old and therefor a bit hard to see from certain angles. I can say it is old because it has brown desert varnish developing on it--and that process takes hundreds of years. I think the older #Petroglyphs in this area have been dated to ~800 years ago.
That said it is spectacular! It shows a humanoid form with a great winged headdress or helmet.
