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	ROCK CARVINGS AND PAINTINGS. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Petroglyphs (rock carvings) are more widespread than pictographs (rock paintings), which are preserved chiefly in dry regions, inside caves, and under overhanging cliffs.
		Whatever the motive, the prehistoric artist often reached great aesthetic heights, as in the Paleolithic art of Western Europe, the rock figures attributed to the San of S Africa, and the Tassili cliff paintings discovered in the central Sahara that suggest that this was once a fertile area.
		Carvings were usually incised or chipped out with a stone.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/ro/rockcarv.html (330 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for rock
		Rocks are commonly divided, according to their origin, into three major classesâ”igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
		rock carvings and paintings designs inscribed on rock surfaces and huge stone monuments in many parts of the world by primitive peoples.
		The Barred Plymouth Rock was a favorite farm chicken since it was both a good egg producer and also developed a large quantity of meat.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=rock (572 words)

	Rock carvings at Alta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rock carvings especially from the earliest period show great similarity with carvings from northwestern Russia, indicating contact between and maybe parallel development of cultures over a wide area of Europe's extreme North.
		Alta's rock carvings were created using quartzite chisels that were probably driven by hammers made from some harder rocks; probable examples of chisels have been found throughout the area and are on display in Alta Museum.
		Most rocks around Alta are overgrown with a thick growth of moss and lichen; once carvings have been discovered, these plants are carefully removed and the rock is cleaned to expose the full extent of the carvings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rock_carvings_at_Alta (1685 words)

	the Battle of Gettysburg Resource Center - Battlefield Rock Carvings
		THE "D.A. One of the famous rock carvings on the field is that of the initial burial location of Capt. David Acheson of the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
		The carving is down on the level, flat surface of the boulder near where there is a large "cut" between two large rocks.
		This carving is right next to the monument to the 40th New York in the Valley of Death between Little Round Top and Devil's Den.
	gburginfo.brinkster.net /battlefieldcarvings.htm (3413 words)

	Antiquity, Project Gallery: Janik
		The rock carvings under study derive from several different complexes located on the islands in the lower part of the Vig River by the White Sea (fig 1).
		Roughley generated the rock surface reconstruction by correlating the relative elevations on the rock surface with the photographic recording of each point measured.
		We discovered that the rock surfaces were deliberately used by the carvers by placing the composition on slightly rising surfaces on the top, providing spectators/viewers with a viewing platform where visual access to the depictions would be enhanced (Figure 5).
	antiquity.ac.uk /ProjGall/janik/index.html (1075 words)

	Sweden - Rock Carvings in Tanum
		The rock carvings in Tanum, in the north of Bohuslän, are a unique artistic achievement not only for their rich and varied motifs (depictions of humans and animals, weapons, boats and other subjects) but also for their cultural and chronological unity.
		The figures in rock carvings should mostly be regarded as isolated motifs, but in Tanum there are several large works with a unified composition.
		The carvings are now threatened by cracking due to frost and heat, harmful substances in vehicle emissions, salt from the sea, and the widespread acidification.
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-SwedenRockCarvings.htm (440 words)

	State of Environment in Norway: Rock carvings of Alta
		Since the first rock carvings were found by chance in 1973, 3000 rock carvings have been found at five different sites in the area.
		The drawings were made over a long period of time and the most ancient were carved in the rock over 6200 years ago, while the younger ones are 2500 years old.
		The rock carvings at Alta are automatically protected according to the Cultural Heritage Act.
	www.environment.no /templates/PageWithRightListing____2419.aspx (114 words)

	Rock Carvings in Tanum - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		The rock carvings of Tanum were included on the World Heritage List because of their unique (artistic) quality.
		In the county of Bohuslän there are over 1500 known rock carvings and the ones found in Tanum show an unusually varied collection of motifs; ships, reindeers, bears, women, men hunting and many other scenes from what was likely the average life back in those days, some 1800-1500 BC.
		The rock carvings are from the bronze age, some of them are really big and of a great artistic value, they are coloured red so they are not hard to find.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/rockcarvingstanum.html (411 words)

	How old is Australian Rock Art? - Aboriginal Art Online
		In the case of rock painting in Australia, dates have been obtained for pigment directly on the walls and for painted fragments buried in deposits of campsite material.
		The technique dated some of the carvings at more than 26 000 years old, and there is evidence to suggest that much of the rock engravings in the area are of similar age.
		The Pilbara carvings are the same age as the cave engravings at Malangine in South Australia, and have the same distinctive style showing mutiple circles with edges that come close but never intersect.
	www.aboriginalartonline.com /art/rockage.html (1730 words)

	Dazu Rock Carvings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dazu Rock Carvings (Chinese: 大足石刻; pinyin: Dàzú Shíkè) are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, dating back as far as the 7th century A.D., depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs.
		The sites are located on the steep hillsides within Dazu County (near the city of Chongqing, China), with the high points being the carvings found on Mount Baoding and Mount Beishan.
		The carvings were listed as a World Heritage Site in 1999, citing "…their aesthetic quality, their rich diversity of subject matter, both secular and religious, and the light that they shed on everyday life in China during this period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dazu_Stone_Carvings (292 words)

	Visual Perception and Cognition in the Rock Carvings of Northern Russia
		We once again used the recording techniques developed during the previous season, in which the rock surfaces were surveyed and subsequently reconstructed in virtual form using GIS and digital imagery with orthorectification.
		Rubbings of the rock surfaces were obtained by placing paper on the rock surface and rubbing on it powdered graphite.
		This technique permitted us to copy the image as carved into the granite surface by the prehistoric carver, while at the same time recording all marks on the rock, thus providing a one to one copy of the carvings and their background.
	www.arch.cam.ac.uk /~lj102/rockart/index.html (1023 words)

	Rock Art of Easter Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This could be due to the lesser visibility of the rock carvings: the statues and ahu stand out clearly and dramatically in the landscape, but petroglyphs are often hidden in high grass.
		The majority of these motifs are carved in bas relief so that they stand out clearly, using the effects of light and shadow to enhance the form.
		That the birdmen carvings predated the stone houses erected in prehistoric times is clear from this drawing that shows the figures disappearing beneath the walls of a house (left side).
	www.bradshawfoundation.com /easter/rockart.html (901 words)

	New rock carvings in Mahabalipuram (The Palm Leaf)
		The socket is framed by a lion's carving, typical of the Pallava dynasty, which built the monuments at Mamallapuram.
		On the eastern face (that is towards the sea) are carved an elephant and a horse.
		Above the elephant's head is a socket with a carving of Siva depicted as Gajasamharamurthy — the elephant is shown in a posture of surrender with its trunk bent towards its left side and embedded in the earth.
	www.varnam.org /history/2005/06/new_rock_carvings_in_mahabalip.php (351 words)

	Dazu Rock Carvings Representing the Highest Level of Chinese Grotto Art
		Rock carving, or grotto art, was introduced to China, along with Buddhism, 2,000 years ago.
		The Dazu Rock Carvings represent the highest level of grotto art in the late stage and demonstrate breakthroughs in the form with respect to carving techniques and subject matter.
		For example, one set of carvings tells a story about a woman on a farm who lets her chickens peck at earthworms, unaware that they are committing a sin.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Heritage/Archives/Dazu.htm (1103 words)

	Rock Art Main
		Rock art images that are carved or painted onto rock surfaces, are visual symbols that ancient peoples used to convey meaning in the absence of a written language.
		Rock art stimulates our imaginations to ponder what life was like for the people who lived where we now live.
		At the time of discovery, the carvings and drawings on the walls of the rockshelter were reported to be in good to excellent condition.
	www.uwlax.edu /mvac/SpecificSites/RockArt.htm (1305 words)

	The Rock Engravings of Gobustan
		In addition to the rock carvings, traces of Mesolithic period occupation are to be seen, with numerous burial mounds and graves, the most interesting at Firuz, where eleven skeletons were found.
		These rock drawings dating back to remote centuries suggest that the climate of Gobustan in the distant past was damp and close to subtropical.
		One of the rocks bears a Latin inscription dating back to the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian (81-96 A. D.), which denotes the sojourn of the 12th Roman Legion led by Fulminate on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
	donsmaps.com /gobustan.html (3741 words)

	Norwegian Rock Art
		The two people in the picture are returning from the rock carvings which are approximately 100m from the water.
		Some carvings appear to show hunting scenes, and others are thought to represent musicians holding instruments like the "runebommen", the shamanic drum used in rituals by the Sami people of Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia.
		When the first carvings were cut into the rock the sea level was between eight and twenty-six metres higher than today, and the climate much milder, more like modern southern Norway's.
	donsmaps.com /norge.html (1723 words)

	Dazu Grottoes, Dazu Rock Carving, Chongqing Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The collection is composed of the rock carvings in Beishan, Baodingshan, Nanshan, Shimenshan as well as Shizhuanshan, all of which are of the highest artistic attainment and demonstrate the most exquisite skills.
		Dazu County, reputed as 'the county of rock carving' is located at the southeast of Sichuan province.
		The Dazu Rock Carvings was built from 650 in the Tang Dynasty and continued to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911).
	www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/chongqing/dazu.htm (811 words)

	Worden's Ledges Rock Carvings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Hinckley Reservation is sometimes referred to as the pendant of the "Emerald Necklace" that encompasses the greater Cleveland area.
		The carvings are nestled among the ledges once owned by the Worden family.
		The carvings, which date back to 1944, are preserved in breathtaking condition.
	www.lostincleveland.com /carvings/index.htm (115 words)

	UFO Area Weird rock carvings puzzle archaeologists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mysterious rock carvings engraved into strange shapes are baffling UK archaeologists.
		Aron Mazel and Stan Beckensall, who stumbled across the unusual carvings close to England's border with Scotland, believe they are the first such designs to have been discovered in the UK.
		The researchers were alerted to the etchings on an isolated boulder by a farm worker, while they were investigating the well-known "cup and ring" rock art in Northumberland.
	www.ufoarea.com /aas_weird_carvings.html (342 words)

	Brian Lee's Rock Art Photos
		Rock Art Wallpaper Page listing many of the 1600x1200 and up (to a little larger than 1920 x 1200) images on this site in one place.
		Barrier Canyon rock art sites are rare, perhaps 200 of them representing thousands of years of North American history -- each one could be the only information we have about an entire generation of people.
		If that's not enough for you, depending on where the panel is (state of federal land) the fine for damaging rock art is, I think, $20,000 and/or up to three times the cost for art conservators to restore the panel.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~bclee/rockart/myrockart.html (987 words)

	ScienceDaily: Computer Hunt For Rock Carvings
		A problem is that rock carvings break down and are weakened in the course of time.
		In many rock carving fields, scratches have been made at several levels on the same spot, which means that a rock carving may hide another older one lying below it.
		Rock 'Face' Mystery Baffles Experts (June 21, 2004) -- Archaeologists have found a trio of extraordinary stone carvings while charting the phenomenon of prehistoric rock markings in Northumberland, close to the Scottish border in the United...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2006/09/060925084617.htm (1913 words)

	Living in the Rock - Minnesota Conservation Volunteer: Minnesota DNR
		Ancient paintings and carvings abide on Minnesota rocks in the wilderness and on the prairie.
		Petroglyphs are rock carvings etched in stone by chipping away the surface.
		Most are on sheer vertical rock faces of granite, and most are beneath overhangs or in clefts or other spots protected from the weather.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /volunteer/marapr05/rock.html (1705 words)

	Buduruwagala Rock Carvings presented in History section
		The tallest Buddha Statue sculpted out of rock in Sri Lanka is the Buduruwagala, upright Buddha Statue in Sri Lanka by way of height as well as width and sculpting from the rock.
		The rock gives the visual impression of a massive elephant kneeling with bowed head, end of the folded trunk in the mouth.
		The Buddha statue is in the centre and six other images are carved three on each side with a symbol of lamp flame near the right foot.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/comments/buduruwagala_rock_carvings (797 words)

	UFO Area Ancient rock carvings go online y (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rock Art at Weetwood Moor, Northumberland (Photo: Aron Mazel) Experts are still working on the origins of the carvings.
		The carvings are thought to have been made between 3,500 and 6,000 years ago.
		Experts are still working on the origins and meaning of the abstract carvings, which are believed to be the work of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age people, although there are several theories.
	www.ufoarea.com /aas_ancientrockcar.html (322 words)

	Rock 'face' mystery baffles experts
		Records and examples of over 950 prehistoric rock art panels exist in Northumberland, which are of the traditional 'cup and ring' variety, with a typical specimen featuring a series of cups and concentric circles pecked into sandstone outcrops and boulders.
		They consist of a small heart shape and a stylised carving of a human face, both found near prehistoric rock carvings close to Rothbury, and one discovered near Wark, which is such an unusual combination of lines and circles that it is impossible to say what it depicts.
		The Wark carving has been shown to experts at the British Museum but they and the Newcastle University team have been so puzzled by the unusual carving that information is being sought about what it is and may represent.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-06/uonu-rm061704.php (688 words)

	rock carvings and paintings - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bibliography: See D. Davidson, Aboriginal Australian and Tasmanian Rock Carvings and Paintings (1936); L. Frobenius and D. Fox, Prehistoric Rock Pictures in Europe and Africa (1937, repr.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "rock carvings and paintings" at HighBeam.
		Wall with ancient carving, painting might be razed to make way for homes.(The Orange County Register)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-rockcarv.html (592 words)

	Buddha Dazu: Song Dynasty Rock Carvings Of Buddha At Baoding Hill
		When we were eventually on the path in front of the Buddha Rock Carvings, I offered to buy a set of postcards from him, on the condition that he would buy them back at half the price.
		The largest stone carving was that of the sleeping Buddha entering the state of Nirvana, but only the upper part of the body was visible, and this was about 100 feet long and 20 feet high, a remarkable piece of workmanship.
		The painted carvings of Buddha Disciples in the upper part of the grotto, which had been afforded some protection from the sunlight by the overhang, were brightly colored, and showed no sign of fading but even without color the carvings would have still been inspiring.
	beifan.com /012dazu/12dazu-buddhas.html (799 words)

	Rock carvings of Idaho
		Rock carvings all over the world have usually something in common if they are of the same age.
		These rock carvings are more normal and in a way like most places in Scandinavia and other places with figurative rock carvings.
		The rock carvings are totally a different "language" among the rock carvings of Western America.
	www.catshaman.com /idaho/umuti.htm (5158 words)

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