#rockart — Public Fediverse posts
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The way to protect human freedom is to make sure that your society is one in which the benefits of being a member of the society are so tempting and so great that people will take responsibility in order for it to happen.
-- Daniel Dennett⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DanielDennett #Freedom
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah
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The way to protect human freedom is to make sure that your society is one in which the benefits of being a member of the society are so tempting and so great that people will take responsibility in order for it to happen.
-- Daniel Dennett⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DanielDennett #Freedom
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah
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The way to protect human freedom is to make sure that your society is one in which the benefits of being a member of the society are so tempting and so great that people will take responsibility in order for it to happen.
-- Daniel Dennett⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DanielDennett #Freedom
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah
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The way to protect human freedom is to make sure that your society is one in which the benefits of being a member of the society are so tempting and so great that people will take responsibility in order for it to happen.
-- Daniel Dennett⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DanielDennett #Freedom
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah
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The way to protect human freedom is to make sure that your society is one in which the benefits of being a member of the society are so tempting and so great that people will take responsibility in order for it to happen.
-- Daniel Dennett⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DanielDennett #Freedom
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah
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All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.
-- Thomas H. Huxley⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ThomasHHuxley #CommonSense #Truth
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah
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Earth's largest meteor crater became home to mysterious ancient carvings, suggesting the catastrophic impact may have transformed into a sacred place for early humans.
#MeteorCrater #AncientMystery #Archaeology #LostHistory #RockArt
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/vredefort-crater-0012142 -
Scientists Recover Ancient Human DNA from Cave Walls
For the first time, researchers have extracted ancient human DNA directly from the walls of a cave. Although…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Altamira #AU #Australia #Cave #caveart #Cavepainting #CovaronCave #dna #EscouralCave #Figurativepainting #Homo #Homoneanderthalensis #Homosapiens #human #Iberia #Iberianpeninsula #MaltraviesoCave #Neanderthal #PAINTING #paintings #Pigment #Portugal #rockart #Spain
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/774634/ -
A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/
#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage
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You manage things, you lead people.
-- Grace Hopper⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GraceHopper #Leadership
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah
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Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it.
-- Herman Melville (Moby-Dick)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HermanMelville #Beauty #Harmony #Strength
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah
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I've been watching a lot of #Nebula (highly recommended) of late as I'm feeding the child or expressing milk, and some of that time was spent watching a variety of rock art and #CavePainting documentaries.
I found the #handprint cave paintings particularly moving, so I traced baby Lilith's hands onto cardboard, got some spray paints, and decorated an otherwise dull nursing top.
I love how it turned out. ❤️
#clothing #CavePaintings #RockArt #prehistoric #art #textiles #TextileArt #prehistory
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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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Google Blog: Discover the world’s oldest known rock art in Indonesia. “The world’s largest digitized collection of ancient rock art is now available to explore on Google Arts & Culture, through partnership between Indonesia’s Ministry of Culture, BRIN (Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency), Griffith University and Google Arts and Culture. Indonesian and Australian […]
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Ancient Art of Tassili n’Ajjer: 12,000-Year-Old Window into Sahara’s Past
Discover the ancient cave paintings of Tassili n'Ajjer in Algeria's Sahara Desert, a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring over 15,000 prehistoric artworks. These stunning engravings and drawings, dating back 12,000 years, reveal insights into early human life, climate change, and the region's once-lush environment. Explore this lunar-like landscape of sandstone formations and humanity's enduring creativity. -
#paleoanthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger's 12-min #TEDtalk journeys deep into #ancient #caves to glimpse the #origins of #human #consciousness & #culture. The #artworks she studies #communicate eloquently to us, across tens of thousands of years, across #eons.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJnEQCMA5Sg 2015 Dec 18
🔗 https://TED.com/speakers/genevieve_von_petzinger … #GenevieveVonPetzinger
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoanthropology … #Paleoanthropology#Time #Timelessness #TimeTravel #rockart #cavepainting #prehistory #language #Kronodon
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We have had our annual monitoring day today, where we log and photograph the conditions of all of the assets in our care at the Wemyss coast.
Caves, paths (not the Fife Coastal Path) and carvings.
And the weather was mostly wonderful, although the most recent storms have made the paths pretty tricky to navigate in places.
Looking forward to welcome visitors back for tours from the 7th April!#LocalHeritage #Fife #caves #Pictish #FifeCoastalPath #rockart
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Ancestral Pueblo people carved rooms, known as cavates, into the tuff cliffs of the Pajarito Plateau. Bandelier National Monument and Puye Cliff Dwellings are known for them, but they can be seen throughout the Jemez. I saw these next to the road between Bandelier and White Rock.
#roadtrip #NativeAmerican #history #heritage #tradition #culture #daytrip #virtualtravel #NewMexico #historygeek #leavenotrace #earthshotz #rockart #petroglyphs #indigenous #archaeology #anthropology #Jemez #Puebloan
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A link to the full text of 'Spirits and Stones: Shamanism and Rock Art in Central Asia and Siberia'. It includes my essay, 'Shamans, lamas and the social effectiveness of rock art' which juxtaposes the practice of Buryat shamanism with the 'artistic materialism' of Asger Jorn. The book explores the 'wilderness of connections' between shamanic practitioners, the spirit world and the world of rock art imagery.
https://www.academia.edu/282451/Spirits_and_Stones_Shamanism_and_Rock_Art_in_Central_Asia_and_Siberia #AsgerJorn #Buryats #shamanism #shamans #CentralAsia #RockArt