Places tagged “rock art”

🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art

Pukara Stone Enclosure

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

Altamira Bison Ceiling North — Cusco (Cusco)

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.

🇰🇭 Cambodia · Rock art

Shikhara Spire South — Angkor (Siem Reap)

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

Cueva del Diablo Petroglyph — Atacama (Copiapo)

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.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art

Qohaito Market Street South

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.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Rock art

Mogador Island Fort

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

Wassu Quarry Outlier — Limpopo (Polokwane)

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

Wari Pikillaqta Sector

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.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art

Watson Brake Mound — Veracruz — watson-brake

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.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Barclodiad y Gawres

Late Neolithic · Irish Sea passage grave tradition

Anglesey cruciform passage grave with spiral-decorated stones and 27 m cairn on coastal headland.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art

Gopuram Gateway East

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.

🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Rock art

Kandahar — Ashokan Greek-Aramaic Bilingual Inscription Extension

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.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Bryn Celli Ddu

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Irish Sea Passage Tomb tradition

Anglesey passage tomb with 8.4 m passage aligned to midsummer sunrise and decorated spiral stone.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art

Gilf Kebir — Cave of Swimmers Annex Foggini-Mestekawi Cave

Holocene humid (7000–3000 BCE rock art) · Gilf hunter-gatherers (pre-pastoral)

Wadi Sura excavated by Almásy 1933 and Kuper 2009–, 7000 BCE hands, Lacan 7000.

🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art

Karkur Murr Rock Art — Messak Plateau Libya-Annex

Pastoral (6500–1500 BCE Bubalus to Caballine) · Messak pastoralists (Garamantian antecedents)

Messak documented by Mori 1960s and di Lernia, Bubalus 6500 BCE huge fauna.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art

Wadi Sura — Cave of Beasts and Swimmers

Early Holocene (7000–6000 BCE Beasts) · Gilf early Holocene cattle herders and hunters

Sura Beasts excavated by Kuper 2010, 7000 BCE 13k stencils Africa biggest.

🇺🇸 United States · Rock art

El Cerro Tome Site

The El Cerro Tome Site is a site of petroglyphs and other prehistoric artifacts near Tome, New Mexico which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art