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RETHINKING THE NORDESTE TRADITION IN BOLIVIA: THE DRY DIAGONAL HYPOTHESIS | Rock Art Research
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Since the late 1980s, researchers have perceived compelling similarities between rock paintings from the Chiquitanía region, southeastern Bolivia, and those associated with the Nordeste tradition pictograms first identified during the 1970s in Piauí and Rio Grande do Norte states, northeastern...
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This article suggests that six complex and enigmatic Palaeolithic drawings in the Spanish caves of Estrellas, Palomas, La Pileta and Altamira could be interpreted as pre-Historic maps. The hypothesis is based on the similarities and correlations between each of the drawings, the corresponding...
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Trialeti is one of the key rock art sites in the Caucasus region. It provides a consistent reference for the rock art heritage of the southern Caucasus. This site offers diverse data to interpret the symbolic production and distribution in the area between Europe and Asia over several millennia....
on Jul 25
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ROCK INSCRIPTIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Rock Art Research
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Rock inscriptions purportedly related to Dutch shipwrecks and other early exotic visitors on the west coast of Western Australia are examined. The question of authenticity is investigated by microscopic analysis of weathering phenomena, such as the retreat rate of carbonate cement in calcareous...
on Jul 25
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ROCK ART AS A MECHANISM FOR SAFEGUARDING TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE | Rock Art Research
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Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) refers to culturally transmitted systems of knowledge, practice and belief accumulated over generations through coadaptation processes between humans and nature. In many cases, TEK is a matter of survival as ancient and contemporary communities require TEK...
on Jul 24
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NEW ROCK ART SITE COMPLEX IN THE ARAUÁK RIVER VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN VENEZUELA | Rock Art Research
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This paper examines Amerindian rock art recovered on an isolated boulder located near the Upuigma Tepui in the Arauák River Valley in Bolívar State, southeastern Venezuela. We explore some ideas about the possible use of this boulder by the indigenous hunter-gatherers, both as a shelter and as a...
on Jul 6