🇫🇷 France · Rock art
News Paper Rock Panel East — Dordogne (Sarlat)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
News Paper Rock Panel East in Dordogne, France is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) rock art attributed to Iron Age culture.
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🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
News Paper Rock Panel East in Dordogne, France is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) rock art attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Pukara Stone Enclosure in Andean Highlands, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) rock art attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Altamira Bison Ceiling North in Cusco, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) rock art attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Harlaa Urban Mound East in Western Desert, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Rock art
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Shikhara Spire South in Angkor, Cambodia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Rock art
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Cueva del Diablo Petroglyph in Atacama, Chile is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) rock art attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Neolithic rock art (6500–3200 BCE) · Gilf Kebir pastoral (Saharan Neolithic)
North wall of Wadi Sura with Archers vs cattle battle scene.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Qohaito Market Street South in Tigray, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Middle Palaeolithic to Creswellian (120k–10k BCE) · Neanderthal / Creswellian
Creswell Crags Gorge in Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire, Magnesian Limestone, United Kingdom is a Middle Palaeolithic to Creswellian (120k–10k BCE) cave attributed to Neanderthal / Creswellian culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Rock art
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Mogador Island Fort in Bayuda Desert, Sudan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Wassu Quarry Outlier in Limpopo, South Africa is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Rock art
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Wari Pikillaqta Sector in Amazonas, Brazil is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Rock art
Middle Stone Age to Iron Age (92,000 BP–500 CE) · MSA/LSA forest foragers
Iwo Eleru Rock Shelter in southwest Nigeria forest is Later Stone Age to Iron Age shelter 92,000–3,000 BP with 13ka calvaria of early modern human with archaic features (Iwo Eleru skull) sparking…
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4500 BCE–1000 BCE) · Timna / Egyptian New Kingdom
Timna Valley — Copper Mines & Temple in Southern Negev, Arabah, Israel is a Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4500 BCE–1000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Timna / Egyptian New Kingdom culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Watson Brake Mound in Veracruz, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) rock art attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Rock art
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Old Dongola Church Annex in Burr, Senegal is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) rock art attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Rock art
Mesolithic to Medieval (9000 BCE – 1200 CE) · Azov steppe pastoral to Nogai Turkic
North end shelters with cart/chariot and Turkic tamga palimpsest.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age to Early Medieval · Dal Riata Scots
Dunadd Fort — Kilmartin Glen in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Iron Age to Early Medieval hillfort attributed to Dal Riata Scots.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Shikhara Spire South in Cusco, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) rock art attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Mesolithic to Chalcolithic (9000–2000 BCE paintings) · Central Indian Mesolithic hunter-gatherer
Adamgarh Hill North – Narmada valley quartzite ridge south of Hoshangabad with 11+ Mesolithic rock shelters paintings (9000–3000 BCE) paralleling Bhimbetka 40km west.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Gopuram Gateway East in Oaxaca, Mexico is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇳🇪 Niger · Rock art
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Nok Furnace Complex in Ténéré, Niger is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) rock art attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Rock art
Mauryan (260 BCE) · Mauryan Greek–Aramaic
Kandahar — Ashokan Greek-Aramaic Bilingual Inscription Extension in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan is a Mauryan (260 BCE) rock_art attributed to Mauryan Greek–Aramaic.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient village
Late Pleistocene to Holocene (c.35000–10000 BP Hoabinhian) · Hoabinhian hunter-gatherers
Hoabinhian karst rockshelter (35,000–10,000 BP) — continuous pebble-tool sequence before Neolithic.