#petroglyphs — Public Fediverse posts
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A Step in Stone. Ontologies of Podomorphic Petroglyphs in Southern Scandinavian Bronze Age [pdf 19pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs #BronzeAge https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ojoa.70020
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
-- Samuel Johnson⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Difficulty #HumanNature #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
-- Samuel Johnson⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Difficulty #HumanNature #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
-- Samuel Johnson⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Difficulty #HumanNature #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
-- Samuel Johnson⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Difficulty #HumanNature #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
-- Samuel Johnson⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Difficulty #HumanNature #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
-- John Wooden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JohnWooden #Achievement
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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People don't grow old. When they stop growing, they become old.
-- Anonymous⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Anonymous #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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In North America, ancient petroglyphs in Utah are thought by some to depict Santa Claus and his sleigh. However, these interpretations may reflect modern biases rather than historical accuracy. #petroglyphs #santa https://connectparanormal.net/2024/08/20/the-santa-petroglyph-of-nine-mile-canyon-uncovering-original-cultural-meanings/
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Post-Palaeolithic Filiform Rock Art in Western Europe [html, pdf 97pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs #Valcamonica https://www.academia.edu/31110450/Bianchi_2016_Gravures_lin%C3%A9aires_et_sch%C3%A9matiques_lin%C3%A9aires_de_la_r%C3%A9gion_du_mont_Bego_Tende_Alpes_Maritimes_France_in_Post_Paleolithic_Filiform_Rock_Art_in_Western_Europe_Proceedings_of_XVII_UISPP_World_Congress_Archaeopress_Archaeology_2016_13_27
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Science is a fundamentally human endeavor, whose purpose is to help us understand the world, better our lives, feed our innate curiosity. It is meaningless, empty, and toxic if placed above or in opposition to human rights and human lives. Humanity and justice must come first.
-- Katie Mack (@astrokatie)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #KatieMack #Curiosity #Science #Understanding
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Never tear down a fence until you know why it was raised.
-- Robert Frost⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RobertFrost #Change #Fences
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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While hiking in New Mexico a while back, I saw these Native American pictographs. Staring at them and reflecting was mesmerizing.
Fun fact: people colloquially use “petroglyphs” to describe paintings on rock walls. But that specifically refers to etchings, not paintings. “Pictographs” is the term for the latter.
#Art #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #Pictographs #Petroglyphs #IndigenousArt
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He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
-- M. C. Escher⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MCEscher #Wonder
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
-- Jean-Paul Sartre⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JeanPaulSartre #FreeWill #Responsibility
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.
-- Anais Nin⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AnaisNin #Happiness #Pain
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.
-- Anais Nin⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AnaisNin #Happiness #Pain
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.
-- Anais Nin⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AnaisNin #Happiness #Pain
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.
-- Anais Nin⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AnaisNin #Happiness #Pain
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.
-- Anais Nin⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AnaisNin #Happiness #Pain
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of the organized life.
-- H. G. Wells⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HGWells #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
-- George Bernard Shaw⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeBernardShaw #GrowingOld
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
-- George Bernard Shaw⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeBernardShaw #GrowingOld
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
-- George Bernard Shaw⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeBernardShaw #GrowingOld
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
-- George Bernard Shaw⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeBernardShaw #GrowingOld
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
-- George Bernard Shaw⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeBernardShaw #GrowingOld
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris.
-- Larry Wall (Perl "Camel" Book)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #LarryWall #Laziness #Impatience #Hubris #Perl #Programming
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris.
-- Larry Wall (Perl "Camel" Book)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #LarryWall #Laziness #Impatience #Hubris #Perl #Programming
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Teotihuacan’s forgotten sacred mountain: archaeologists uncover Cerro Patlachique’s pilgrimage shrine
High above the southern edge of the Teotihuacan Valley (Mexico) rises Cerro Patlachique — a peak now shown to have served as a major pilgrimage shrine long before, during, and after the heyday of the city of Teotihuacan (c. CE 150–550)...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/teotihuacans-forgotten-sacred-mountain/
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #teotihuacan #petroglyphs
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“What’s Sacred “2015
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/backgroundbriefing/whats-sacred-now/6549614Megafauna Rock Art
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/backgroundbriefing/burrup-peninsula-rock-art-shows-extinct-megafauna/6561788#Burrup #DeepTime #FirstNations #iceAge #illustration #MegaFauna #Murujuga #Petroglyphs
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Murujuga Petroglyphs
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-25/deep-time-murujuga-rock-art-gallery/10479859850,ooo + years old Rock Art
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[The Trump administration exhibits] malevolence tempered by incompetence.
-- Benjamin Wittes (Lawfare Blog Jan 2017)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BenjaminWittes #Incompetence #Malevolence #Politics
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
-- Mark Twain⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MarkTwain #TheMajority
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Murujuga petroglyphs - putting a "very rosy spin" on the scientific findings
"Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt was advised emissions from Woodside's Karratha Gas Plant may be having an adverse effect on the rock art, before he granted the company an extension to keep operating there for another 40 years."
"A top statistician says he quit a landmark study into whether heavy industry is damaging ancient rock art in Western Australia's north after the government misrepresented his team's key finding. Misstating the results of an expensive scientific investigation is unacceptable and I think that's what's happened."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-02/murujuga-rock-art-study-woodside-government-interference/105806508
#petroglyphs #Murujuga ##harm #degradation #RockArt #IndigenousPeoples #air #IndustrialPollution #pollution #FossilFuels #ClimateBreakdown #Burrup #science #ScientificReview #governance #culture #values -
Australian environment law and ongoing degradation
"Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve.
"Australia’s law that is supposed to protect the environment and cultural heritage doesn’t work. There are few, if any, people who argue otherwise.
"The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, introduced by the Howard government in 1999, is misnamed. Its main role is to allow developments to be approved."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/01/australia-laws-to-protect-the-environment-dont-work-woodside-greenlight-proves-it
#EPBCAct #law #EPA #biodiversity #degradation #EnvironmentalLaw #CulturalHeritage #FossilFuels #pollution #climate #petroglyphs #Murujuga #governance #Australia #conservation #extractivism -
Gallows Hill in Cervera, Spain
A former execution site with ornate rock carvings of mysterious origin.#petroglyphs #crosses #execution #section-Atlas
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If I have seen further than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.
-- Isaac Newton⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #IsaacNewton #Discovery
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Rock Art on Screen: 12 Free Documentaries That Bring the Painted Past to Life
By Seth Chagi for World of Paleoanthropology
“We carry the torch of ancient storytellers each time we switch on a screen.” — Stoic reflection after too many late‑night documentary binges
Rock art feels simultaneously intimate and cosmic—handprints that whisper I was here across 30,000 years. The internet, bless its algorithmic heart, is brimming with free films that let us wander those caves and escarpments without the knee‑scrapes, bat guano, or UNESCO paperwork. Below are a dozen feature‑length (20 min +) documentaries your audience can stream today. I’ve grouped them by theme and noted what each one can teach us. Pop some popcorn (or Aquafor‑coated trail mix if you’re truly hardcore) and prepare to time‑travel.
1. Deep Time Immersion
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”89 minWatchDocumentaries.comWerner Herzog’s 3‑D glide through Chauvet (32 kya) is as close as most of us will get to those charcoal lions. Perfect for discussing preservation ethics, pigment chemistry, and the phenomenology of darkness.“Inside France’s Chauvet Cave” (DW Documentary)52 minYouTubeA more traditional science‑journalist tour that balances visuals with up‑to‑date uranium‑thorium dating and virtual‑reality replication work. Great classroom fodder on 3‑D scanning.2. Rock Art & Global Narratives
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Les secrets des fresques d’Amazonie”88 minARTE.tvTakes viewers into Colombia’s Serranía de la Lindosa cliff murals—tens of thousands of figures dated ≥12 kya—while foregrounding Indigenous perspectives and environmental stakes.“Oldest Cave Art Found in Sulawesi”24 minYouTube (Griffith Univ.)Concise but rich breakdown of the 45 kya pig panel & new 51 kya hunting scene; use it to spark debates on symbolic cognition outside Europe.“KIMBERLEY ROCK ART: A World Treasure”45 minYouTubeExplores Australia’s Gwion Gwion & Wandjina iconography, weaving in modern Aboriginal custodianship and cutting‑edge optically stimulated luminescence dating.“The Rock Art of Arnhem Land” (Part I)26 minYouTubeVeteran archaeologist Paul Taçon walks viewers through x‑ray kangaroos and Lightning Man motifs; ideal primer on superimposition sequences.3. Mediterranean & Atlantic Europe
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Rock‑Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus” (UNESCO/NHK)28 minUNESCO.orgSahara pastoralism in motion—perfect for stressing how climate shifts shaped iconographic changes.“Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin”28 minYouTube (UNESCO)Surveys 758 Iberian sites; includes rare footage of Levantine‑style hunters in eastern Spain. Good segue into discussions of pigment sourcing.“Prehistoric Rock Art of the Côa Valley & Siega Verde”30 minUNESCO.orgNight‑shot filming of open‑air engravings (≈25 kya onward) highlights why Foz Côa is a conservation victory.“Exploring the Ancient Art of Altamira”24 minYouTubeA guided VR‑style tour of Spain’s “Sistine Chapel of the Palaeolithic,” complete with replica cave construction details—great for public‑engagement case studies.4. Decoding Symbolic Systems
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“How Art Made the World – Ep 2: The Day Pictures Were Born”59 minYouTube (BBC series)Frames cave art within a cognitive‑evolution story: why image‑making matters for social cohesion.**“Paleo Cave Art Mysteries” (Episode 1 of 3)22 minYouTube**Paleoanthropologist Neil Bockoven dives into dot‑and‑line signs (à la von Petzinger) and therianthropes; a bite‑sized springboard for symbol taxonomy exercises.How to Use This Playlist – (of course, you could just be like me and want to watch them, but here are some fun activities for those of you who may be teachers, professors, and the like for your students to better engage with the content):
- Chronological Viewing Party: Start with Acacus for Holocene climate context, swing through European Upper Palaeolithic masterpieces, then finish in the Amazon to spotlight New World debates.
- Data‑Extraction Exercise: Have students log motifs, substrates, and dating techniques in a shared Zotero group to spot regional patterns.
- Compare Custodianship Models: Contrast Indigenous‑led management in Australia with state oversight in France and Spain—fertile ground for ethical discussions.
- DIY Experimental Archaeology: After watching the Altamira VR segment, try recreating blowing techniques with ochre and charcoal on butcher paper (outdoors, trust me).
Remember: every dash of ochre, every engraved aurochs, is a dialogue across millennia. Hit play, listen closely, and pass the story on.
Feel free to embed this post—just credit World of Paleoanthropology and link readers back to the documentary sources. Happy cave‑surfing!
#Altamira #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #ArtHistory #CaveArt #CavePainting #ChauvetCave #GwionGwion #HandsOnHistory #HumanEvolution #Lascaux #PaleoArt #Paleolithic #ParietalArt #Petroglyphs #PrehistoricArt #Prehistory #RockArt #RockArtResearch #StoneAge #SulawesiRockArt #UNESCOWorldHeritage #UpperPaleolithic
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AO THROWBACK - The Peterborough Petroglyphs in Canada feature over 900 ancient carvings. Believed to be sky maps or evidence of Norse explorers their origins remain a mystery.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-americas/mystery-peterborough-petroglyphs-00834
#ancientorigins #ancient #history #ancienthistory #historylovers #historyfacts #historymatters #archaeology #Petroglyphs #Archaeology #Ancientsites -
Woodside plundering #fossilfuels and polluting for profit
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-06/unesco-world-heritage-murujuga-rock-art-meaning/105453930#Art #Burrup #Karatha #Marni #Murujuga #Petroglyphs #Woodside
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I also free-handed a grey top with #hällristningar in red as part of my maternity wardrobe - I love how this one turned out!
Unapologetically #pagan and a connection to my #Scandinavian roots.
The #petroglyphs are all from existing #RockCarvings across #Sweden based on photos I found online.
#Swedish #clothing #homemade #MaternityWear #crafts #textiles #pregnancy
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Strong people always have strong weaknesses.
-- Peter Drucker⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PeterDrucker #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Yahoo News: Young Aussie’s fears over ancient sites under threat from controversial industry plan . “At 26, Mark Clifton’s adult life is just beginning. He has hopes of having children soon and passing on his culture to them, continuing traditions spanning thousands of years. But a plan by the Albanese government to approve yet another industrial project near his community’s most important […]
