How ancient cave art is rewriting Puerto Rican history
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Recent study shows that humans inhabited and made art in the archipelago thousands of years earlier than previously thought ..read more
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Archaeologists in Brazil find petroglyphs alongside dinosaur tracks
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No, this does not mean dinosaurs and humans lived there at the same time ..read more
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16 new archaeological sites identified in Brazil’s Tocantins state
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Newly discovered rock art, including human and animal footprints, is thought to have been created 2,000 years ago ..read more
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US President Biden designates two new national monuments in the American Southwest
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Both sites contain examples of Indigenous art including petroglyphs and pictographs ..read more
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What can mysterious markings in stone teach us about British art?
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Research for a new book begins with a pilgrimage to find prehistoric rock art in northern England ..read more
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Scientists uncover a secret to rock art’s durability
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Ancient artisans in British Columbia heated ochre “gunk” to high temperatures to achieve a vivid and long-lasting red ..read more
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Eight miles of Ice Age rock art uncovered in Colombian Amazon
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The prehistoric murals—dubbed the "Sistine Chapel of the ancients"—depict people interacting with now extinct animals such as mastodons and giant sloths, before the region became a tropical rainforest ..read more
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Hallucinogenic flower inspired Native Californian rock art, archaeologists say
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“Doses” of datura plant used in communal ceremonies have been found embedded in the ceiling of Pinwheel Cave ..read more
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Ancient petroglyphs damaged by climber in Utah
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A man installed several bolts on and around petroglyphs he believed were "graffiti ..read more
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Boat carvings found in Norway may be the oldest in Europe
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Life-size examples of rock art could have served as signposts when early Scandinavians populated the Mesolithic seascape ..read more
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