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by Stephen Alvarez|June 23, 2023June 23, 2023|age, cave art, Europe, France, petroglyph

Claims that other species besides Homo Sapiens made art or used "symbolic behavior" have been met with skepticism. But evidence that Neanderthals did produce symbols keeps growing. In a paper published this week in the Journal PLOS One,

Education Activity in Ada, OK

by ancientartarch|April 3, 2023May 24, 2023|Mississippian, news

It’s a wonderful opportunity to share this collective history with kids who are descendants of the Mississippian tribes,” Mater said. “But to non-native kids as well. This is part of American history. Hopefully this kind of sparks their imaginations. It gets people kind of asking larger questions, and appreciating the cultural history and legacy that we come from

Chauvet Pont d’Arc the discovery of 36,000-year-old art

Upper Paleolithic Proto Writing

by ancientartarch|January 5, 2023January 5, 2023|Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Painting, Uncategorized

We know that ancient artists were exacting observers of the natural world. But it is mind bending that they may have had a written time keeping system 20,000 years ago.

Modern Ancient Art

by Genevive Zacconi|May 26, 2022May 26, 2022|age, Altamira, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Gravettian, Magdalenian, Painting, Paleolithic, Rock Art, Spain

Modern art concepts like cubism have their origins in the oldest artworks on the planet. Our brains are hard wired for abstraction.

Stephen Alvarez works in an unnamed cave

Native American Cave Art Over 1000-Years-Old Revealed by 3D Scans

by Gregory Crouch|May 3, 2022April 3, 2023|age, cave art, Native American, news, North America, petroglyph, Rock Art, unnamed cave, Woodland

Giant Cave Art images discovered using 3D modeling. This expands our knowledge of the Woodland Culture world view.

Naj Tunich Cave Maya pictographs

by Stephen Alvarez|April 11, 2022April 12, 2022|2000 BP, age, cave art, Maya, Painting, pictograph, Rock Art

The Maya pictographs in Naj Tunich Cave rocked the world of Maya archaeology when they were discovered.

Indigenous Cave Explorers of the Southeastern US

by Gregory Crouch|April 3, 2022April 15, 2022|cave art, Mississippian, Mural of America, Native American, North America, petroglyph, Rock Art, Uncategorized, unnamed cave, Woodland

Indisputable evidence proves Indigenous Americans ventured as far as 3 miles into southeastern caves 5,000 years before the invention of electric light. Native Americans were excellent cave explorers.