General Southwest Rock Art Sites

(sites that can't be categorized by state or location)

Rock Art Dating Controversy

These are articles from Science and Nature magazines about the controversy surrounding Ronald Dorn's dating of petroglyphs using carbon particles trapped in desert varnish.
Science -- Malakoff 280 (5372): 2041
    A non-technical article summarizing the controversy.
Science -- Beck et al. 280 (5372): 2132
    Technical article challenging Dorn's technique, with a rebuttal by Dorn.
Desert Varnish & Lichens
ROCK ART DATINGS WITHDRAWN
Desert Varnish
Mammoth Trumpet 11(3) 1996
 

Smithsonian Institution, Anthropology Outreach Office: North American Indian Rock Art
    Short bibliography of rock art books and articles.
Southwestern Petroglyphs
    General article (text only).
Gallery 1- Native American Ancestral
    A few thumbnails of rock art and ruins.
Side Canyon's First Millenium Tour...ruins and rock art of the American Southwest.
Side Canyon - Rock Art Features
Side Canyon - Rock Art Areas
    A few rock art pages from Side Canyon.
The Desert Tortoise and Early Peoples of the Western Deserts by Joan S. Schneider
World Rock Art
    On-line course syllabus.
Sight & Sound Productions©
    A few random pictures.
Flowers and Plants of the Desert Southwest
    Two random photos.
rockart1.htm
    Eclectic mix of information and pictures.
Guide to the North American Collections/Archaeological Collections
    Info on Donald C. Scott photographic collection of rock art pictures at Harvard.
Hyman
    Info on Marian Hyman's work at Texas A&M.
Rock Art
Mammoth Trumpet 11(2) 1996
    Scroll down for an article on David Whitley's work.
Petroglyphs
    Assorted pictures (mostly from Anza-Borrego DSP).
Petrogylphs
    Assorted pictures.
Grand Canyon rock art
High Country News -- April 4, 1994: The West is hard at work, destroying its past
Dito Morales: Rock Art Research and Art History
Archives of ROCK-ART@ASU.EDU
    Archives of rock art mailing list.
Imaging For Cultural Conservation
ROCK ART AT RICE
Anasazi Images
Rock Art

Rock Art (Brian Lee)

Petroglyph Jam - Courtney's tales from the rock art trail - Rambles in Nevada, California, and Arizona...
The Kokopelli Dilemma. The Use, Abuse, and Care of Rock Art

Rupestrian CyberServices Home Page
    Professional rock art services, including mapping, multimedia, and digital enhancement. This site has some really-cool Quicktime VR panoramas.

Grand Galleries of the Ancients
    James Jacobs front page. Many of the site's subpages are listed under the appropriate state and site.

Rock Art
    Thumbnails of pictures from CA, AZ, NV; all pictures have been digitally "enhanced".

Rock Art Gallery
    Front page to Tom Getts' site; some of his subpages are listed under the appropriate state and site.

Southwestern United States Native American Rock Art Gallery
    Front page to Doak Heyser's site; some of his subpages are listed under the appropriate state and site.

Kokopelli
    Like it says, a page about Kokopelli; one picture.

Petroglyph Tour
    Virtual tour of petroglyphs across the Southwest, with a little interpretive text on each page.

PETROGLYPHS & ROCK PAINTINGS
    John Campbell's page; pictures from all over the Southwest (including Baja California).

Marvin W. Rowe, TAMU Chemistry
    Marvin Rowe runs a research group that does dating of rock art.
 

Petroglyph Photography Portfolio by John Gregg Petroglyphs from the Great Basin and Southwestern United States

    Petroglyphs from photographer John Gregg. Most have general info on location.

Art & Architecture of the Anasazi
    Page from rock art course from Australia; info on different periods of Pueblo rock art.

Rock Art Acoustics
    Text, pictures and sound files on a theory that rock art sites often are associated with unusual acoustic properties. Might explain why some sites have rock art, and adjacent sites that appear to be perfect choices for creating rock art are blank ....

Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy Newsletter XIV
    Article by Von Del Chamberlain on Reflections on Rock Art & Astronomy.
 

Books on rock art of the Southwest

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