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MÁTTARÁHKKÁ: Mother Earth in Sami Rock Art

MÁTTARÁHKKÁ: Mother Earth in Sami Rock Art

Posted March 13, 2013 at 4:00 pm 5 notes

#Rock Art#MÁTTARÁHKKÁ#Mother Earth#Sami#Archaeology#Anthropology#History

cavetocanvas: Great black cow in the nave at Lascaux, c. 15,000 BCE

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Great black cow in the nave at Lascaux, c. 15,000 BCE

Posted June 7, 2012 at 7:29 pm 370 notes

#Rock art#Anthropology#Archaeology#Lascaux

cavetocanvas: Aurochs And Rhinoceroses from Chauvet Cave, c. 30,000 BCE

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cavetocanvas:

Aurochs And Rhinoceroses from Chauvet Cave, c. 30,000 BCE

Posted June 7, 2012 at 3:58 pm 256 notes

#Chauvet#Rock art#Archaeology#Anthropology#Aurochs

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oldowan:

Neolithic Ibero-Levantine parietal art from Nerpio, Murcia (Spain)

Bernal Monreal, Mateo Saura & Pérez Moñino: Las pinturas rupestres de los Abrigos de la Ventana en el Calar de la Santa (Moratalla, Murcia)

Matero Saura & Carreño Cuevas: Las pinturas rupestres del Abrigo del Barranco Bonito (Nerpio, Albacete)

Ruiz López: Cazadores y presas: simbolismo e interpretación social de las actividades cinegéticas en el arte Levantino

Beltrán Martínez: Las pinturas de la cueva de Porto Badisco y el arte parietal «esquemático» español 

(Source: theolduvaigorge)

Posted April 2, 2012 at 7:25 pm 33 notes

#Rock art#Archaeology#Spain

gwebarchaeology: heartwest: Big Crane Panel, Cedar Mesa, Utah

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heartwest:

Big Crane Panel, Cedar Mesa, Utah

Posted February 25, 2012 at 8:02 pm 43 notes

#Rock art#Utah

From National Geographic Photo Of The Day; January 27, 2012: Cave Painting, Papua New Guinea Amy Toensing, National Geographic For generations people in the region have marked cave walls with stenciled handprints. These prints were made with clay-based paint, but in other caves, crimson stains tell the story of a bloody initiation ritual for young men.

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From National Geographic Photo Of The Day; January 27, 2012:

Cave Painting, Papua New Guinea Amy Toensing, National Geographic

For generations people in the region have marked cave walls with stenciled handprints. These prints were made with clay-based paint, but in other caves, crimson stains tell the story of a bloody initiation ritual for young men.

Posted January 30, 2012 at 2:16 pm 72 notes

#Rock art#Papua New Guinea

e-a-r-t-h-s-h-i-n-e: Cueva de las Manos- Cave of the Hands, Argentina 

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e-a-r-t-h-s-h-i-n-e:

Cueva de las Manos- Cave of the Hands, Argentina 

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Posted January 28, 2012 at 12:49 pm 345 notes

#Argentina#Rock art

Forty new rock-art sites recorded in Mexico

Forty new rock-art sites recorded in Mexico

Posted January 23, 2012 at 6:27 pm 19 notes

#Mexico#rock art

landlessness: Lascaux

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landlessness:

Lascaux

Posted September 12, 2011 at 12:48 pm 42 notes

#Lascaux#Rock art

centuriespast: From the Grotte des Combarelles Magdalenien age, around 13,000 BP.

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From the Grotte des Combarelles

Magdalenien age, around 13,000 BP.

Posted August 19, 2011 at 12:27 am 105 notes

#Rock art#Magdalenian#Combarelles