Australian find may be world's oldest rock art Archaeologists believe...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 22, 1996 ;     323 words ......world's oldest rock art, and the discovery...up to 176,000 years ago, more than double...about 100,000 years ago. The findings...a date for the rock art between 50,000 and 75,000 years ago, which is the oldest rock art anywhere in the...

Ancient Rock Art Found in Australia; Engraved Indentations May Be Twice as...

The Washington Post;  September 22, 1996 ;     471 words ......humans up to 176,000 years ago. Until now, scientists...inhabited 60,000 years ago by humans who came...reliably dated rock art has been 32,000-year...a date for the rock art between 50,000 and 75,000 years ago, which is the oldest rock art ...

Steps urged to protect rock art Lawmakers consider tough penalties for...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 5, 1996 ;     388 words ......otherwise damage American Indian rock art in Wisconsin could face...others working to preserve rock art sites that have now been...thousands of years, native rock art has only recently attracted...paintings or carvings on rock faces or caves is unclear...paintings to ...

STEPS URGED TO PROTECT ROCK ART

Ojibwe News, The;  January 11, 1996 ;     287 words ......01-11-1996 STEPS URGED TO PROTECT ROCK ART. Scientists believe the people who damaged ancient Indian rock art in Wisconsin were sophisticated...otherwise damage American Indian rock art in Wisconsin could face a felony charge and be subject to up to five years in prison and a ...

Rock art in Egypt. (Frontline).

History Today;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Egyptian desert 6,000 years ago are throwing new...He believes the rock art is `the missing...hundred sites of rock art. The sites tend...Nile. Thousands of years ago, however, the terrain...Palaeolithic times 25,000 years ago began to lead to...who pecked ...

ROCK ART ON EXHIBIT AT DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR MUSEUM

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 28, 2006 ;     404 words ......following press release: Rock art created by pre-Columbian...carved and painted rock art in the Great Basin...osevelt's administration 100 years ago. Color photographs...exhibit "Silent Voices: Rock Art of the Fremont Culture...the most spectacular rock ...

Rock art discovery thought to be about 5,000 years old

The Northern Echo;  August 1, 2008 ;     395 words ......containing prehistoric rock art in County Durham and...think it is from 5,000 years ago, but are still trying...positions ofmany examples of rock art all over the North-East...about 4,000 to 6,000 years ago. However, many carvings...

Vandals deface ancient San rock art site.(News)

Cape Times (South Africa);  December 19, 2007 ;     297 words ......A'EYSHA KASSIEM VALUABLE rock art that paints the colourful...past is being defaced. While rock art sites - painted by the San up to 6 000 years ago - throughout the Western...Monuments Council (NMC), a rock art site in Elands Bay has been...the province's heritage. ...

Rock art in its most spectacular form.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  December 20, 2004 ;     357 words ......are studded with panels of rock art, created 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. The most spectacular example...away. According to Hexham rock art expert Stan Beckensall, this...Hill, where there is further rock art and animal figures etched...the most dense clusters of ...

READERS GET INSIDE VIEW OF ROCK ART ON PRIVATE LAND

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  December 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ..."Art of the Warriors: Rock Art of the American Plains...Pacific Northwest and is a rock art specialist. The book...France they have old rock art in caves," Keyser said...France that talks about rock art around the world." Keyser...colorful photographs of rock ...

Portuguese rock art raises ruckus. (experts disagree about age of rock...

Science News;  January 20, 1996 ;     411 words ......the age of this rock art. On the scientific...several thousand years ago; the other supports...International Federation of Rock Art Organizations in...Valley around 1,700 years ago may have carved...to about 20,000 years ago. Radiocarbon ...

Handbook of Rock Art Research

Southeastern Archaeology;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Handbook of Rock Art Research. DAVID S. WHITLEY (ed.). AltaMira...first comprehensive overview of world rock art ever published. It is ambitious in its...right now about how to study prehistoric rock art, how to give it meaning in both specific...

Human origins recede in Australia.(discovery of human occupation of...

Science News;  September 28, 1996 ;     680 words ......116,000 and 176,000 years ago. What's more, the...prior to 135,000 years ago, assert archaeologist...at around 60,000 years ago. The oldest art had...and the making of rock art in Australia, remarks...116,000 and 176,000 years old. More stone implements...75,000 ...

New perspective on an age old puzzle; Environment Editor Tony Henderson on...

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  December 2, 2006 ;     592 words ......EXPERTS have puzzled for years over the meaning of the prehistoric rock art which is spread across...record the region's rock art. Now the group from...created up to 6,000 years ago. Using clear Perspex...Northumberland and Durham Rock Art Project has ...

Discovering North American Rock Art

Western Folklore;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Discovering North American Rock Art. Edited by Lawrence L. Loendorf, Christopher...index. $55.00 cloth) Throughout the world, rock art-whether painted pictograph or incised...and, less commonly, Native Americans. Rock art research has typically been the domain...