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	Camel Rock Casino
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	Rock Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The rocky landscape of the Third Cataract is similarly marked by numerous rock drawings, some in large groups, others occurring singly.
		A similar date may be suggested for many of the (abundant) drawings of cattle.
		One of the largest group of rock drawings are found at Sabu, close to the lower end of the Third Cataract, opposite Kajbar.
	www.spicey.demon.co.uk /Nubianpage/rockart.htm (272 words)

	Bandelier National Monument rock art drawings by Lisa Ferguson, inventory (collection M 198 at Center of SW Studies, ...
		Use note: this collection is reserved for the use of researchers who have a need for using these drawings in the course of scholarly research.
		The original drawings may only be used under the immediate supervision of a member of the professional archival / library staff of the Center of Southwest Studies.
		To preserve the originals and to provide access to their content, the Center's archival staff have placed each drawing into an archival folder, have placed all of the items together in a lidded flat archival box, and have produced high-resolution digital images, accessible on this and the hyperlinked pages in lower-resolution thumbnail and access images.
	swcenter.fortlewis.edu /inventory/BandRock.htm (2221 words)

	The Rock Engravings of Gobustan
		These rock drawings dating back to remote centuries suggest that the climate of Gobustan in the distant past was damp and close to subtropical.
		Drawings are also registered representing snakes, lizards, swastikas, crosses, solar signs, tamgas (stamps), inscriptions in Arabic letters, etc. On the surface of several large stone blocks one can find separate groups of depressions (7, 10 or more in each group) 2-3 cm deep and 6-10 cm in diameter.
		The big drawings of deer, some 180 and 120 cm long and 110 and 85 cm (and slightly smaller) in height, were carved in the early neolithic and somewhat later, i.
	donsmaps.com /gobustan.html (3741 words)

	URARA Education - Drawing Rock Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I began drawing rock art when we came across panels several years ago simply because I thought the images were beautiful.
		Some people who draw rock art for recording purposes hang a string grid or metric ruler over the panel and then draw the panel on graph paper.
		We choose to use drawing as one of our methods to observe and study rock art, and feel it can be a useful research tool.
	www.utahrockart.org /education/drawing.html (1051 words)

	GoNorway - Rock Drawings of Alta
		The rock carvings in Alta are the largest known collection of rock carvings in Northern Europe made by hunter-gatherers.
		Rock carvings have two meanings, for the first they represent a concrete situation, in the other they have a symbolic meaning and can signalise group identity, religious beliefs, rituals, shamanism, ideology or power.
		A rock carving is a figure which is carved, polished or chipped into a stone or bedrock outcrop.
	www.gonorway.no /norway/sidevisning.php?id=191 (343 words)

	Moab Rock Art
		There are two types of rock art: petroglyphs (motifs that are pecked, ground, incised, abraded, or scratched on the rock surface) and pictographs (paintings or drawings in one or more colors using mineral pigments and plant dyes on the rock surface).
		Rock art was produced by a number of prehistoric and historic peoples over thousands of years.
		The structure and the rock art panel were easily accessible before the talus slope was cleared away to make room for the road.
	www.discovermoab.com /rockart.htm (1939 words)

	A Guided Tour of Coso Rock Art
		The other theory interprets Coso rock art as the work of shamans or medicine men who drew natural symbols (mostly abstract geometric images brought to the mind's eye when in a trance), images of the animal spirit helper that assisted the shaman in obtaining supernatural power, or images of the shaman's transformation into that spirit.
		Another way of determining the age of rock art is to date nearby archaeological finds, such as the remains of dwellings, hearths, or flaked stone artifacts such as arrowheads.
		Coso rock art is found throughout the forested uplands of the Coso Range, as well as the broad brush-covered plateau to the south.
	www.farwestern.com /rockart (1363 words)

	Special Places in Nature
		Rock Carvings in Tanum, Sweden: 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.
		Rock Drawings of Alta, Norway: This group of petroglyphs in the Alta Fjord, near the Arctic Circle, bears the traces of a settlement dating from c.
		Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, Italy: Valcamonica, situated in the Lombardy plain, has one of the world's greatest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs – more than 140,000 symbols and figures carved in the rock over a period of 8,000 years and depicting themes connected with agriculture, navigation, war and magic.
	www.stevenredhead.com /Natures-Places/ancientmessages.html (1080 words)

	Rock Art India - Characteristics of Indian Rock Paintings
		Somewhat surprisingly for such a wide continent, Indian rock art has often been considered as pertaining to a “cultural unity”, as is the case for Upper Palaeolithic cave art in Europe.
		“The particular portions of rock were probably sacred parts of shelters or the artists painted upon the old drawings simply to enhance the power of his new pictures.
		Classification of rock art on the basis of evolutionary traits visible in the development of forms, motifs, styles, inventions, technology, fauna, and human cognitive and creative abilities.
	www.bradshawfoundation.com /india/characteristics.html (1106 words)

	Rock Drawings of the Coso Range (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The authors believe that the Coso drawings demonstrate the development of a bighorn sheep cult that was based on hunting magic rituals and reached a greater ceremonial complexity than had previously been known in the Great Basin.
		The 130 drawings and photographs presented in this book are typical of the thousands of rock engravings to be found on the basalt cliffs of the astonishing canyons of the Coso Range.
		Tours of the rock art in Little Petroglyph canyon are available through the Maturango Museum.
	www.rock-art.com /books/grant3.htm (128 words)

	Rock Drawings in Valcamonica - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		It is home to the greatest complex of rock drawings in sub-Alpine Italy, with approximately 250,000 petroglyphs drawn by members of the Camunni tribe on hundreds of exposed rocks dating from about 8000 BC; cosmological, figurative, and cartographic motifs are featured, in some locations forming monumental hunting and ritual `scenes´.
		I have been to the sites of Foppe di Nadro, near Ceto, in the Regional Park of the Rock Drawings of Ceto, Cimbergo and Paspardo, and to the National Park of the Rock Drawings of Naquane, founded in 1955 near Capo di Ponte as the most important in Valcamonica, 30 ha large.
		The guide has rock art locations numbered from 1 to 103 (but many numbers are missing) — and perhaps 15/20 of these are worth spending time at — some of the numbered sites on the guide map also proved rather difficult to trace on the ground!.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/valcamonica.html (813 words)

	AlShindagah Online
		The rocks at Hayl have also disappeared; but this time they have been removed to be displayed in a museum, I heard.
		The rock art of Wadi Hayl has not been scientifically dated, but comparisons with dated archaeological finds and with associated material found in the vicinity of the site, give a time frame for the creation of these drawings that runs from as early as the Iron Age to late Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic eras.
		Being very intrigued by these rock carvings, I have my own thoughts: if the ovals are pearling boats, then the rows of cups could be some kind of accounting system to keep track of the pearl harvest.
	www.alshindagah.com /mayjun2002/rock.html (1500 words)

	Chimney Rock
		The name "Chimney Rock" was first used in Joshua Pilcher's report on his trip up the Platte Valley to rendezvous with fur trappers in the area.
		The importance of Chimney Rock to pioneers headed west is most evident in the hundreds of journals left by those passing through this area.
		The rock also offered weary travelers a break from their journey in order to camp and water livestock due to the dependable spring found nearby.
	www.scsc.k12.ar.us /2003outwest/LachowskyR/ChimneyRock.htm (711 words)

	Dating Coso Projectile Point Petroglyphs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Examination of the Coso drawings led a number of archaeologists to suggest the possibility that what we were viewing were dart points attached to foreshafts that were used with atlatls in hunting large game, based simply on the large size (10-15 x 5 cm) of some of the point images.
		We are grateful to Elva Younkin, Director of the Maturango Museum, for sharing data on past rock art studies conducted by Campbell Grant and his associates and aiding in many invaluable ways to this report.
		ARARA is the oldest rock art organization in the world and is dedicated to the support of rock art research, conservation and education.
	www.petroglyphs.us /article_dating_coso_projectile_point_petroglyphs.htm (4820 words)

	The Armenian Origins of Swastika
		The structures found in the rock carvings and drawings are equivalent to the structures that developed astronomy,mathematics, trade, hunting, culture, traditions, world outlook, modes of life, etc. of the inabiting archaic people of the Armenian Highland.
		Rock carvings in Karadaran(Armenia) reflect in aristic form not only economic and spiritual life of people in the corresponding period, but also represent a balanced and developed system of accumulation, keeping, systemizing classification and passing of the knowledge, survived since the antiquity.
		Karedaran is the place of thousands of rock carvings, ancient drawings, petroglyphs, archaic writtings and manuscripts, containing a unique information, knowledge and experience in one, the only available language for all people-in the language of drawings and ancient rock carvings.
	www.angelfire.com /hi/Azgaser/stoneansofbible.html (1454 words)

	State of Environment in Norway: Rock carvings of Alta
		The rock carvings at Alta contains a significant collection of carvings giving us insight into people's lives and their conception of the world over 6000 years ago.
		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.
	www.environment.no /templates/PageWithRightListing____2419.aspx (114 words)

	History of Rock Art Research in Arkansas
		The first published account of Arkansas rock art appeared in the late nineteenth century, when public museums and other institutions relied on private citizens as well as professional scholars to report all manner of scientific facts and discoveries.
		Unlike Harrington, Walker was willing to draw a connection between the rock art decorating the shelter walls and the archeological contents of the shelter deposits.
		Rock art sites for which existing information is inadequate should be revisited and documented according to our best current standards.
	rockart.uark.edu /history.html (3475 words)

	The Atlatl as Depicted in Ancient Rock Art
		When looking at the rock art record, the extreme disproportion of the size of the stone in relation to the atlatl leads this writer to the conclusion that the primary reason for the attachment of theses stones was as a charmstone, to bring luck to the hunter.
		The images of the hunters also reflect the changes in rock art styles from the simple early drawings to the later more detailed images including depictions of complex headdresses in the later part of these atlatl hunters history.
		The rock art record supports this, as other instances of atlatl images can be found in later post bow and arrow images.
	www.primitiveways.com /rock-art.html (629 words)

	Twyfelfontein Rock Paintings in Namibia
		Experts believe that the drawings originate from hunting bushmen (San), who were in wait for wild animals at the waterholes and perhaps attempted to secure their good luck by engraving the rocks.
		In the year 1918 about 100 kilometres further south in the Tsisab gorge at the Brandberg the most famous rock paintings were discovered.
		Although the exact age of the drawings is unknown, it is estimated that they are between a few hundred and several thousand years old.
	www.southafrica-travel.net /namibia/etwyfel.htm (183 words)

	Jewish National Fund: Press Release > Preserving Petroglyphs
		The project, known as TRACE (Timna Rock Art Conservation Exploration), was launched after U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzner visited the site and the Embassy’s Cultural Attache connected JNF with Michael Morris, a conservator and expert on rock preservation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
		The large ancient rock drawings tell the story of the daily life of those who inhabited the region over 3,000 years ago, but are at constant risk for deterioration due to acid rain and other environmental hazards.
		Lava created mountains of rock 170 million years ago, and as the plates moved, the rocks were lifted and broken into boulders, each of which weathered at a different rate.
	www.jnf.org /site/PageServer?JServSessionIdr012=oiqxtnjlm1.app23a&pagename=PR_Preserving_Petroglyphs (780 words)

	Tapestry
		Because the canyons of the Coso Range contain the largest concentration of prehistoric rock drawings in North America, many anthropologists and archeologists have studied the region and developed theories of the people and the meanings of the drawings.
		Third, the drawings portray the sheep as lively--leaping, tails erect, the curved horns predominant.
		In this case, the ritual of incising the figures of bighorn sheep into the red rock surface would have been near-sacred and intended to restore the land, renew the food sources, and allow the people to continue.
	www.wowwomen.com /tapestry/arch_rambles/bighorn_sheep.html (1109 words)

	Archaeology on the Net - Archaeology Resources on the Internet - Rock Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Brief overview of the current state of rock art studies - specifically, description of the distribution and chronology of major rock art bodies throughout the world, the major techniques for dating and analysing rock art, as well as current approaches to rock art conservation and management.
		Inscription Rock, on the south shore of Kelleys Island, is marked with prehistoric Indian pictographs.
		The Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association is dedicated to publicizing the petroglyph and pictograph research being conducted in the Upper Midwest of the United States, including - but not limited to - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South Dakota.
	members.tripod.com /~archonnet/rockart.html (1125 words)

	Petroglyphic symbolisms
		It seems to be commonly agreed that petroglyphs worldwide depict occurances or special events in the life of the rock art maker.
		Perhaps the rock artist was commissioned to depict these scenes on behalf of others in their tribe.
		Scenes such as those depicting hunting parties among a herd of animals, or what may be construed as directions to good hunting grounds (ie: Houserock near Olathe, Colorado, a (Ute) scene depicts an arrow and human figures pointing towards the east and several petroglyphs of buffalo on the rock).
	www.wcp-nm.com /rockart/glyphs05.htm (729 words)

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		The wadis on the Red Sea side are not suitable to rock art because of the ruggedness of the country.
		Hence, all rock art is on the Nile side of the divide.
		Following are examples of various boats from the rock art.
	www.world-destiny.org /or/rockboats.htm (1627 words)

	Genesis of the ‘Ka’ and Crowns?
		The rock art commonly portrays a male figure with a pair of plumes on his head, sometimes with a visible or erect phallus.
		Frequently in the rock art the ‘god’ is shown with a bull — either tethering the animal, or riding with it in a boat — and both are accompanied by human figures with their arms upraised.
		These drawings place the red crown earliest in Upper Egypt, just where we would expect to find the white crown — only the white crown is nowhere to be seen at this time.
	www.homestead.com /wysinger/crown.html (3860 words)

	Foz Coa UNESCO World Heritage Site Portugal
		Almost all the motifs are engraved in the rock, presenting us with themes, techniques and conventions common to those other contemporary works in Western Europe which were discovered in the nineteenth century hidden in the French-Basque caves and by the turn of the century were already referred to as great art.
		The subsequent simultaneous creation of the Coa Valley Archaeological Park and the National Rock Art Centre, both of which are based in Vila Nova de Foz Coa, represented the culmination of an important decision that will clearly have a crucial effect on the status of rock art, archaeology and heritage in Portugal at various levels.
		The cycle of rock art began again in be seventeenth century with the engraving of religious and profane motifs.
	manorhouses.com /unesco/whfozc.html (816 words)

	Khabarovsk Krai Government site - Tourism and Recreation - Sights of the Krai - Other Tourist Objects - Sikhachi-Alyan ...
		Among the archaeological monuments which have struck imagination of first researchers of the Far East, there were ancient petroglyphs (rock drawings) near the national nanaian settlement Sikhachi-Alyan, that is located 75 km from Khabarovsk down the Amur River stream.
		The drawings representing masks, animals, anthropomorphic images, birds (about 300 in all) are executed with stone tools on basalt boulders.
		Researching of the mysterious drawings on Amur riverside still continues, and will be continued by generations of the scientists - archeologists, art critics and historians.
	www.adm.khv.ru /invest2.nsf/pages/petroglyphs_en.htm (293 words)

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