Rock art: a marker of concepts and practices by Nimura, C, O'Sullivan, R, Hommel, P

“…Rock art is found across the globe and has been used, with varying levels of success, as evidence of cultural connections between different communities. …”

Prehistoric rock art in Scandinavia: agency and environmental change by Nimura, C

“…Scandinavia is home to prolific and varied rock art images among which the ship motif is prominent. …”

Rock art and coastal change in Bronze Age Scandinavia by Nimura, C

Interpretations of footprints in the Bronze Age Rock Art of South Scandinavia by Skoglund, P, Nimura, C, Bradley, R

New rock art discoveries in the Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India by Taçon, P, Boivin, N, Hampson, J, Blinkhorn, J, Korisettar, R, Petraglia, M

“…Here are the foundations for one of the world's longest sequences of rock art.…”

Ships at the shore: a Scandinavian-wide review of prehistoric rock art by Nimura, CR

Mobilising stone: investigating relations of materiality, movement and corporality in Holocene Saharan rock-art by Waldock, V

Subjects: “…Saharan Rock Art…”

Traditional Music or Religious Ritual? Ancient Rock Art Illumined by Bedouin Custom by Al-Manaser, A

Meetings between strangers in the Nordic Bronze Age: the evidence of Southern Swedish rock art by Bradley, R, Nimura, CR, Skoglund, P

“…It considers the character of inland rock art and whether some locations with more complex panels were used as ‘aggregation sites’.…”

Successfully dating rock art in southern Africa using improved sampling methods and new characterisation and pretreatment protocols by Bonneau, A, Staff, R, Higham, T, Brock, F, Pearce, D, Mitchell, P

“…Worldwide, dating rock art is difficult to achieve because of a frequent lack of datable material and the difficulty of removing contamination from samples. …”

Landscape and connections: petroglyphs of the Altai in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE by O'Sullivan, R

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Rock art imagery as a proxy for Holocene environmental change: a view from shuwaymis, NW Saudi Arabia by Guagnin, M, Jennings, R, Eager, H, Parton, A, Stimpson, C, Stepanek, C, Pfeiffer, M, Groucutt, H, Drake, N, Alsharekh, A, Petraglia, M

“… <p style="text-align:justify;"> The animal species depicted in the rock art of Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia, provide a record of Holocene climatic changes, as seen by the engravers. …”

An illustrated prehistory of the Jubbah Oasis: reconstructing Holocene occupation patterns in northwestern Saudi Arabia from rock art and inscriptions by Guagnin, M, Shipton, C, al-Rashid, M, Moussa, F, El-Dossary, S, Bin Sleima, M, Alsharekh, A, Petraglia, M

“…A systematic survey of rock art and associated archaeological features in the Jubbah oasis provides evidence of Holocene occupation from the early Holocene to the present. …”

Sandstone weathering, Electrical Resistivity Tomography, and the deterioration of San Rock Art in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa by Mol, L

“…This new approach to sandstone weathering can be incorporated into conservation methods, as rock surface loss is one of the main causes of the San Rock Art deterioration observed in the GGHNP.</p>…”

Rock art provides new evidence on the biogeography of kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis), wild dromedary, aurochs (Bos primigenius), and African wild ass (Equus africanus) in the early and middle Holocene of north-western Arabia by Guagnin, M, Shipton, C, el-Dossary, S, al-Rashid, M, Moussa, F, Stewart, M, Ott, F, Alsharekh, A, Petraglia, M

“…<strong>Location:</strong> Jubbah and Shuwaymis UNESCO world heritage rock art sites in Ha’il province, north-western Saudi Arabia <strong>Methods:</strong> In total, the rock art panels surveyed and recorded in Jubbah and Shuwaymis contain 6618 individual animal depictions. …”

Pre-Neolithic evidence for dog-assisted hunting strategies in Arabia by Guagnin, M, Perri, A, Petraglia, M

“…Here we document the earliest evidence for dogs on the Arabian Peninsula from rock art at the sites of Shuwaymis and Jubbah, in northwestern Saudi Arabia. …”

Wheels in a land of camels: another look at the chariot in Arabia by Macdonald, M

“…It is exceptional not only for its subject (at present unique) but for its use of a mixture of the artistic conventions employed in Arabian rock art and those used in Neo-Assyrian and Egyptian art. …”

The earliest directly dated rock paintings from southern Africa: new AMS radiocarbon dates by Bonneau, A, Pearce, D, Mitchell, P, Staff, R, Arthur, C, Mallen, L, Brock, F, Higham, T

“…Rock art worldwide has proved extremely difficult to date directly. …”

Narmer, scorpion, and the representation of the early Egyptian court by Kelder, J

“…It is generally recognized that these three objects are the climax of a centuries-old tradition of stone-working in the Nile valley and that most of the iconographic elements on these three objects can be traced back to earlier works of art such as the wall-painting in Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, Naqadan rock art, and older decorated palettes and mace-heads. …”

Narmer, Scorpion, and the representation of the early Egyptian court by Kelder, J

“…It is generally recognized that these three objects are the climax of a centuries-old tradition of stone-working in the Nile valley and that most of the iconographic elements on these three objects can be traced back to earlier works of art such as the wall-painting in Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, Naqadan rock art, and older decorated palettes and mace-heads. …”