Web Directory

» Anasazi Rock Art
   Photographs of rock art of the Anasazi and other pueblo dwelling early inhabitants of the Four Corners Region of the United States.
   http://raysweb.net/rockart/

» Anasazi Rock Art Photos
   Photos of Anasazi Indian rock art, otherwise known as petroglyphs. These pictorial stories were chipped out of the desert varnish in Entrada sandstone about 600 years ago.
   http://moab-utah.com/anasazi/rockart.html

» Archives of ROCK-ART
   Rock art discussion list.
   http://lists.asu.edu/archives/rock-art.html

» Australian Rock Art Research Association
   Group whose focus is in the fields of rock art, palaeoart studies and cognitive archaeology. Discussion forum, book reviews, announcements, and rock art gallery.
   http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/aura/web/index.html

» Bolivian Rock Art Research Society (SIARB)
   Society for investigation and recording of rock paintings and petroglyphs, protection and conservation of rock art sites, as well as publication of scientific reports and education of the general public.
   http://www.siarb-bolivia.org/

» Bradshaw Paintings
   The Bradshaw Paintings are incredibly sophisticated, as you will see from the 32 pictures in the Paintings Section, yet they are not recent creations but originate from an unknown past period which some suggest could have been 50,000 years ago.
   http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/bradshaws/

» Christopher Chippindale's Rock Art References
   Contains text of several papers and publications, mostly authored by Chippindale, a researcher at Cambridge University.
   http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/projects/Chip/Chip001.htm

» Colorado Historical Society: Rock Art References
   Bibliography of Colorado sites, conservation issues, dating methods, research, regional studies, and videos.
   http://coloradohistory-oahp.org/publications/pubs/1205b.pdf

» Colorado Historical Society: Rock Art Studies
   Details regarding course which provides a general overview of the field of rock art as part of the Program for Avocational Archaeological Certification.
   http://coloradohistory-oahp.org/programareas/paac/classinfo/rockartbg.pdf

» Earliest Evidence of Art found
   Archaeologists in Zambia uncover evidence that early humans used paint for aesthetic purposes far earlier than previously thought.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/733747.stm

» International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO)
   Federation of national and regional organizations promoting the study of rock art and cognitive archaeology. Features news, reports, information on conferences, and contact details.
   http://www.cesmap.it/ifrao/ifrao.html

» International Rock Art Database Project
   University of New Mexico computerized database system for the storage and analysis of rock art data being developed with the support of the National Park Service, the Sandia Pueblo and the Chamisa Foundation.
   http://www.cs.unm.edu/~brayer/rock/general.html

» Metaphysical Opportunities as a Tool of Rock Art Research
   Article by Arsen Faradjev which critiques various Russian approaches to the interpretation of rock art.
   http://www.afs.org/partners/rus/event/rockart/arsen1.htm

» Native American Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and Rock Art of the Southwestern United States
   Large personal photo gallery.
   http://net.indra.com/~dheyser/

» Petroglyph Looters Sentenced
   Article on the sentencing of Arizona residents convicted of removing and selling petroglyphs from a national forest.
   http://www.lucernevalley.net/petroglyphs/loot.htm

» Petroglyphs and Rock Art
   Features captioned photographs and articles about rock art petroglyphs and pictographs. Mostly lesser known sites in the California deserts and the adjacent southwest.
   http://www.petroglyphs.us

» Rock Art
   Photographs by Brian and Dave Lee of petroglyphs, pictographs, cave paintings, mostly Archaic styles of the Southwestern U.S.
   http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bclee/rockart/rockart.html

» Rock Art Dating and Conservation
   Essays on rock art dating and the rational for rock art conservation. History of and continuing rock art destruction is discussed.
   http://www.jqjacobs.net//rock_art/ra_conserve.html

» Rock Art Investigations
   Images, links, description, and bibliography of rock art in Peru and Bolivia.
   http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/vhra/web/index.html

» Rock Art Pages
   A series of articles by James Q. Jacobs on the rock art of the American Southwest. Illustrated with photographs, ink renditions and background graphics. Includes free educational materials and desktop patterns.
   http://www.jqjacobs.net/rock_art/

» Rock Art Research & Art History
   Focuses on the research interests of Reinaldo Morales including rock art of the Americas, photographs of prehistoric art, and links of interest to students of art history.
   http://www.ditomorales.com/

» Rock Art Research Institute
   Based in the Department of Archaeology at the University of the Witwatersrand, the Institute is devoted to full time research on Southern African rock art and its preservation. Staff and research profile, publications list, and photographs.
   http://rockart.wits.ac.za/origins/index.php?section=46

» Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic Database
   Database of over 10,000 citations to the world's rock art literature, with an emphasis on English language and North American citations. Compiled by M. Leigh Marymor and hosted by the Bancroft Library, Berkley.
   http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/rockart.html

» Rock Art at Rice
   Introduction to prehistoric art with an emphasis on the southwest and western United States. Dating, interpretive theories, image database, and conservation.
   http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~raar/

» Rock Art of the Blood of the Ancestors Grotto
   Data collection and analysis of the prehistoric pictographs of the Blood of the Ancestors Grotto, Saline County, Illinois.
   http://virtual.parkland.edu/lstelle1/len/center_for_social_research/BAG/BAG_main.html

» Rupestre.net: A Rock Art Site
   Includes a worldwide database of rock art links.
   http://www.rupestre.net/ralinks/

» Southwestern United States Rock Art Gallery
   Images of rock art from sites in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.
   http://net.indra.com/~dheyser/rockart.html

» Stand Up for the Burrup
   Stand Up for the Burrup is the website of Friends of Australian Rock Art, an international campaign group fighting to preserve the world's oldest and largest outdoor rock art landscape at the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia.
   http://www.standupfortheburrup.com

» UCLA Rock Art Archive
   This archive is a repository of several major private collections of rock art data and is open to visitors and researchers. Staff profiles, volunteer programs, collection information, grants, and related links.
   http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/rockart/

» University of Durham: Rock Art Past & Present
   Research papers on the recording, conservation, presentation and interpretation of Prehistoric Rock Art. Also course modules and links.
   http://www.dur.ac.uk/prehistoric.art/

» Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association
   Association is dedicated to publicizing the petroglyph and pictograph research being conducted in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Contains links to rock art information across North America.
   http://www.tcinternet.net/users/cbailey/

» Utah Rock Art Research Association
   Organization dedicated to the education about and preservation of Native American rock art. Annual symposium information, membership, publications, gallery of rock art.
   http://www.utahrockart.org