Global Rock Art Research
Discover the World’s Ancient Rock Art
Explore • Discover • Preserve
Global archive
Featured Rock Art Sites
Africa
Ochre Painted Rock Shelter
A painted shelter with animal imagery and traces of repeated cultural use.
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Europe
Limestone Cave Hand Stencils
Layered hand stencils preserved within a limestone cave chamber.
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Asia
Steppe Petroglyph Landscape
An open-air petroglyph landscape documenting animals, movement, and long-term human presence.
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Rock Art Around the World
Browse the growing research archive by continent and regional context.
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Research Categories
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Ancient Civilizations
Communities, exchange networks, belief systems, and cultural change.
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Field methods, chronology, material evidence, and archaeological context.
View research →✦Geography
Landscape, environment, spatial analysis, mobility, and place.
View research →✦History
Historiography, archives, oral knowledge, and changing interpretations.
View research →✦Prehistoric Art
Painting, engraving, symbolism, technique, interpretation, and conservation in prehistoric visual culture.
View research →✦Writing Systems
Marks, signs, notation, and the development of visual communication.
View research →Scholarship and fieldwork
Latest Research
Geography
Geographies of Memory and Movement
A spatial approach to rock art, routes, visibility, and place.
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Reading Images in Archaeological Context
How landscape, chronology, and material traces shape interpretation.
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Methods for Recording Fragile Rock Art Landscapes
A practical framework for photography, spatial recording, metadata, and stewardship.
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Latest News
History
Digital Archive Workflow Published
A reusable workflow supports responsible access to cultural heritage records.
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Research Network Expands Collaboration
New institutional links strengthen comparative research and knowledge exchange.
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Regional Documentation Initiative Begins
A new documentation initiative connects student research with digital heritage methods.
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Videos
Europe
Digital Preservation from Image to Archive
A guide to creating sustainable research records.
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Reading Petroglyph Landscapes
A visual introduction to engraved panels in their wider setting.
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Documenting Rock Art in the Field
An introduction to careful field photography and contextual recording.
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Publications
Archaeology
Teaching Archaeology Through Cultural Heritage
An educational resource for using rock art to introduce archaeological thinking.
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Landscape, Memory, and Visual Culture
An interdisciplinary study of marked places and cultural memory.
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Standards for Digital Rock Art Documentation
Recommended metadata and image-recording practices for research archives.
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Research Team
Meet the faculty, researchers, students, and international collaborators contributing to the platform.
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