Rock Art

Picture Cave Missouri Sold at Auction
by Stephen Alvarez|September 15, 2021|news, pictograph, Rock Art
Picture Cave Missouri, the Mississippian era ceremonial cave near St Louis, containing some of the most incredible pictographs in North America has sold at auction for $2.2 million to bidders who wish to remain anonymous. There is no word on what plans the new owners have for this cultural masterpiece. Details about the Picture Cave sale are in this NPR story here. The 43-acre parcel was sold on September 14 by Selkirk Auctions. We are of course disappointed that the cultural asset was not moved to public or tribal hands. Picture Cave relates significantly to Cahokia and the red horn story. Red Horn in the form of the Falcon Warrior makes an appearance in Devilstep Hollow cave in Tennessee (see our 360 degree VR video with narration by Dustin Mater here). For anyone who would like more information on the art and significance of Picture Cave we recommend Carol Diaz-Granados...
Rochester Rock art Fremont Panel
Rochester Rock art panel vandalized!
by Stephen Alvarez|June 10, 2021|Barrier Canyon Style, Emery County, news, petroglyph, Rock Art, San Juan County, Utah
The Rochester Rock art panel in Utah has been vandalized
“Irreplaceable” 1,000-year-old rock art vandalized in Georgia
by Stephen Alvarez|April 7, 2021|news, petroglyph, Rock Art
The Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia is reporting that the Track Rock Gap rock art site has been vandalized (USA Today). Track Rock Gap is one of 3 heavily engraved soapstone petroglyph sites in the mountains of Georgia and North Carolina. The sites are tied to the Cherokee and Creek nations. The best known of these soapstone sites is Judaculla Rock, seen here as a 3D model. https://sketchfab.com/models/ebfc3ec3eb3947ea92a7abb2d13060cb/embed Judaculla Rock, Jackson County, North Carolina by Ancient Art Archive on Sketchfab All pre contact story written on the landscape are irreplacable. Vandalism at Track Rock Gap is deeply sad. Rescources: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Track Rock Gap page Judaculla Rock, NC Alan Cressler's photos of Track Rock Gap
Rock Art in the Bears Ears National Monument
Bears Ears National Monument is 3 years old
by Stephen Alvarez|December 28, 2019|Bears Ears, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art, San Juan County, Utah
The Bears Ears National Monument is 3 years old!
Pahranagat representational style
by Stephen Alvarez|January 29, 2019|age, Archaic, Great Basin, Mural of America, Native American, Nevada, North America, Pahranagat, petroglyph, Rock Art
Pahranagat anthropomorphic figures are unique to the Pahranagat Valley of Southern Nevada. There are two types of figures;
Barrier Canyon Rock Art, Utah
by Stephen Alvarez|January 16, 2019|2000 BP, Barrier Canyon Style, Native American, San Juan County, Utah
A Barrier Canyon Painting in Southern Utah
Grotte Pair-non-Pair, Aquitaine France
by Stephen Alvarez|October 1, 2018|age, Aurignacian, cave art, France, Paleolithic, petroglyph, Rock Art
The paleolithic cave Pair-non-Pair was found when a farmer went looking for a lost cow who had fallen in a hole, the cave he discovered
Bear Ears
by Stephen Alvarez|March 20, 2017|Bears Ears, Fremont, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art, San Juan County, Utah
The Procession Panel, San Juan County Utah The Ancient Art Archive is in Utah all week scouting locations to record in the Bears Ears. For those that don't know, the Bears Ears is one of the United States newest National Monuments. Its 1.3 million acres represent some of the most inaccessible landscape in the lower 48 states. It is also a cultural treasure. There are over 100,000 archeological sites in the Monument and tens of thousands of pictographs and petroglyphs. It's a remarkable place. Thanks to everyone who has helped us get into the field this spring. Your support is vital.  
Rochester Rock art Fremont Panel
The Rochester Rock Art Panel, Emery County Utah
by Stephen Alvarez|February 23, 2017|2000 BP, Emery County, Fremont
Rochester Rock Art Panel Panel, Utah by Ancient Art Archive on Sketchfab Located on a prominent spit of land above Muddy Creek and a side canyon, the Rochester Rock art panel is an extremely complex site. It incorporates images from the Fremont culture to historic times so the art varies in age from 2,000 years old to modern. The panel sees a lot of visitation and hence there has been a lot of damage over the years. 
Fremont Desert Bighorn Panel, Emery County, Utah
by Stephen Alvarez|February 5, 2017|2000 BP, age, Emery County, Fremont, petroglyph, Rock Art, Utah
A Desert Bighorn Sheep Petroglyph panel in Buckhorn Wash on the San Rafael Swell in Emery Country, Utah. This fine panel is up the wash from the much more famous Buckhorn Wash BCS style panel. Desert Bighorn are one of the most common animals depicted in South Western pictographs. There is also a boxed anthropomorphic figure on the right hand side of the panel as well as plant and abstract images. The panel itself is upstream of the BCS panel. The San Rafael Swell contains a wealth of pre columbian art. Most of the art is currently on Bureau of Land Management land. recorded August, 2016 Desert Bighorn Panel, Emery Co, Utah by Ancient Art Archive on Sketchfab