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| Grand Galleries of the Ancients |
An overview of the rock art of the Colorado Plateau, with photography and imagery from all over the American West. | ||
| Pecos River Style Rock Art |
Imagery of Pecos River Style rock art near the confluence of the Pecos and Rio Grande Rivers in West Texas. Little text. | ||
| Rock Art in the Fremont Culture Region of the Colorado Plateau
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| Barrier Canyon Style Page 1 |
An introduction focused on Canyonlands National Park, with the Harvest Scene in the Maze District and the Great Gallery. | ||
| Barrier Canyon Style Page 2 |
Sites west of the Green and Colorado Rivers. Buckhorn Wash and Sinbad panels are featured. | ||
| Barrier Canyon Style Page 3 |
Sites east of the Green and Colorado River confluence, with Sego Canyon, Courthouse Wash and Seven Mile Canyon. | ||
| Northeastern Utah Page 1 |
Sites near Vernal, Utah, with a discussion of Classic Vernal Style. The Ashley Creek and Dry Fork sites are featured. | ||
| Northeastern Utah Page 2 |
Sites in the vicinity of and within Dinosaur National Monument, with McKee Springs and Rainbow Park area sites. | ||
| Fremont Area Rock Art | Fremont Culture area sites in northeastern Utah. This page, added in 2005, has larger image files. | ||
  
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| Grand Gulch Primitive Area, Page 1 |
This page covers the upper portion of the canyon, above the junction with Bullet Canyon. Green Mask site is featured. | ||
| Grand Gulch Primitive Area, Page 2 |
The lower half of the Canyon, from Step Canyon to Red Man Canyon, features Quail Panel, Big Man Panel, and Big Panel. | ||
| Puebloan Pictography | A gallery of pictographs, particularly Painted Cave, Navajo Nation, Arizona. | ||
| Canyon de Chelly Rock Art |
Canyon de Chelly has a large concentration of Basketmaker, Puebloan and Navajo rock art. Limited text. Some links. | ||
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| The Dawn of Rock Art | A summary of the earliest known rock art, with a focus on recently discovered European cave painting. Text and video embeds. | ||
| Rock Art Dating and Conservation | Summary of a rock art dating paper on the All-American Man panel, with a commentary on modern destruction of rock art. | ||
| The Ekonk Hill Petroglyph Site |
An essay focused on the possible archaeogeodesic significance of an arrangement of petroglyphed boulders in Connecticut. | ||
| Grimes Point, Nevada | One of the most important and accessible rock art sites in the Great Basin. PowerPoint included. | ||
| The following two linked files present 600 dpi JPEG files of my ink
rendition The Rock Art Images and Illustrations
Collection page Desk Pictures featuring rock art panel renditions and photography. |
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| Rock Art Preservation Links CULTURAL
SITE ETIQUETTE MINIMIZING YOUR IMPACT on rock art sites. CRYTOGAMIC/CRYPTOBIOTIC SOIL Watch your every step in the desert. |
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International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO) American Rock Art Research Association | Bradshaw Foundation |
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by James Q. Jacobs. The Rock Art Pages images and writings may be used for non-commercial, educational purposes, such as class materials, without my permission. Backgrounds and buttons and images may be placed in non-commercial educational Web sites if both a credit and link are provided as in the following example: image jqjacobs.net. Please download the files rather than link to the images on my server. Photo stock and other commercial rights inquiries welcomed. Many of the Rock Art Pages were originally hosted on the Mesa Community College Anthropology server from 1997 until 2000. |
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