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ANCIENT GRAVES DISCOVERED IN CHANIA
60 graves, full of invaluable findings, reveal a lot about Chania and its 5,500 years of history. The whole article here .
IMPLICAZIONI ASTRONOMICHE SUI DIPINTI DI CHUMASH
Un interessante articolo del Time scritto da Matt Kettmann sui “punti di contatto” tra paletnologia e archeoastronomia. An interesting article written by Matt Kettmann on relations between paleontology and archaeoastronomy.
ABORIGINAL ART UNDER CEMENT
Aboriginal rock art under cement. The company has been fined $280,000 by the federal government. The site is in Western Australia extended into a heritage zone containing indigenous rock art up to 10,000 years old. The whole article here
IL COLORE NERO DEI MAMMOUTH DI ROUFFIGNAC
Nel novembre 2004, Jacques de Sanoit e Dominique Chambellan, due ricercatori francesi del Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), hanno sperimentato l’utilizzo dei Raggi X per analizzare la composizione delle pitture nere di Rouffignac. Quando il Raggio X tocca la materia colorante viene leggermente modificato dai componenti del colore. Tale modifica, esaminta dal computer, rivela le […]
VANDALISM DISCOVERED AT ROCK ART SITE SEARS POINT (ARIZONA)
The Sears Point area contains ev idence that suggests an unusual association between Hohokam and Patayan features, which cannot be seen elsewhere. Sears Point is hypothesized to have been a boundary area between these cultures where the two groups maintained contact with each other. The the damage, according Arizona Bureau of Land Management rangers, includes […]
ROCK ART AS NARRATIVE
Dr. Carolyn Boyd will give a special presentation at the Nevada State Museum. She will discuss about Rock Art as Narrative. She will demonstrate the narrative quality of the imagery through a “reading” of the White Shaman rock art panel. An interesting opportunity to “touch” rock art with the words of the renowned archaeologist. Resources […]
THE TEMEHU’S LIBYAN ART GALLERIES
The Temehu’s Libyan Art Galleries is online. An introduction to Saharan prehistoric art. From homepage: Unlike real museums, these galleries are built by countless generations across thousands of years, using only rock as a surface material and natural pigments and ochre as colour. The rock art galleries of Acacus (Akakous) are an intricate collection of […]
MICHELA GALEAZZI, DIALOGO
Dialoghiamo con Michela Galeazzi, un’artista molto interessante le cui opere si servono del passato per immergersi consapevolmente nel futuro. D: La valorizzazione delle origini evidenziata dalle tue opere conduce ad una riflessione sulla vita d’oggi, sul quotidiano. Non è forse l’espressione artistica la più lampante testimonianza dell’evoluzione dell’essere umano? R: L’arte è sempre stata il […]
COSO PETROGLYPHS
David S.Whitley, an important archaeologist, believes that the Coso Petroglyphs to be one of the most important rock art sites on earth. An interesting article on this rock art site. He estimated that there may be as many as 100,000 images carved into the dark volcanic canyons above the China Lake basin, some as old […]
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