Tradition 30 of 33
Rock art, geoglyphs, and ancient symbols
Petroglyphs, pictographs, rock and cave art, geoglyphs, the Nazca lines, megalithic art, and interpretations of ancient symbolic landscapes.
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- Books
- 574
- Earliest
- 1543
- to 2026
- Read free
- 21%
- 123 with public full text
- With covers
- 35%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match535
- Metadata match23
- Query match16
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Petroglyphs178
- Antiquities122
- Rock paintings77
- Archaeology73
- Rock art63
- Social Sciences61
- Anthropology54
- Art52
- Archeology51
- History49
- Felsbild46
- Physical Sciences42
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies41
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology38
- Sztuka naskalna35
- Earth and Planetary Sciences34
- Geography34
- Art, Prehistoric31
- Bergkunst30
- Geology29
- Paleontology29
- Art pariétal27
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies26
- Pétroglyphes25
Top languages
- English300 · 52%
- German61 · 11%
- French56 · 10%
- Russian19 · 3%
- Spanish18 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Emmanuel Anati7 books
- Henri Lhote6 books
- Paul G. Bahn5 in this tradition7 books
- A. P. Okladnikov5 books
- George Nash5 books
- Harald Pager5 books
- Jo McDonald5 books
- Christopher Chippindale4 in this tradition6 books
- Andrzej Rozwadowski4 in this tradition5 books
- Benjamin Smith4 books
- Bruno David4 books
- José Manuel Rey García4 books
574 books
Les gravures rupestres de l'oued Djerat (Tassili-n-Ajjer)
Henri Lhote
1975French
Les gravures rupestres du Sud-Oranais
Henri Lhote
1970French
Les pierres a écuelles
E. Desor
1878French
Líneas de Nasca
Fernando Aparicio Bueno
2001Spanish
Lo grabados del barranco de Balos
Antonio Beltrán Martínez
1971Spanish
Los geoglífos de Nasca
Fernando Silva Santisteban
1991Spanish
Los petroglifos de Venezuela
B. Tavera-Acosta
1956Spanish
Myths about Rock Art
Robert G. Bednarik
2016
Nasca
Armin Grün
1999German
Naskalʹnye izobrazhenii͡a︡ khrebta Karatau
Mir Kasymovich Kadyrbaev
1977Russian
Novye petroglify Pribaĭkalʹi͡a︡ i Zabaĭkalʹi͡a︡
A. P. Okladnikov
1980Russian
Obrazy z przeszłości
Andrzej Rozwadowski
2009Polish
Parc Archéologique de l'Art Rupestre-Campo Lameiro, Pontevedra
José Manuel Rey García
2011French
Parque Arqueológico del Arte Rupestre, Campo Lameiro, Pontevedra
José Manuel Rey García
2011Spanish
Parque Arqueolóxico da Arte Rupestre, Campo Lameiro, Pontevedra
José Manuel Rey García
2011Galician
Pervobytnaâ grafika Evropy
Boris Alekseevič Frolov
1992Russian
Petroglify Cagaan-Salaa i Baga-Ojgura
Vladimir Dmitrevič Kubarev, Anatolij Panteleevič Derevânko
2005Russian
Petroglify Chulutyn-gola (Mongolii︠a︡)
A. P. Okladnikov
1981Russian
Petroglify Verkhneĭ Leny
A. P. Okladnikov
1977Russian
Rock Art of the Vindhyas: An Archaeological Survey
Ajay Pratap
2016
Sahara art rupestre
Henri-Jean Hugot
1999French
Symbolisme et art rupestre au Sahara
Jean-Loïc Le Quellec
1993French
Sztuka naskalna Uzbekistanu
Aleksander Kośko, Włodzimierz Rączkowski, Timur Širinov
1997Polish
Toro Muerto, centro ceremonial más grande del mundo con arte rupestre
Eloy Linares Málaga
2005Spanish