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.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- 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
De rotstekeningen van Elkab (Boven-Egypte)
Dirk Huyge
1995Dutch
De sociale functie der rotstekeningen
R.A.M. Bergman
1952Dutch
Die Betrachtung von Felsbildern und Pferdedarstellungen in Valcamonica. Felsbilder als Spiegel der Gesellschaft?
2024German
Drevnetûrskie izvaâniâ Altaâ
Vladimir Dmitrevič Kubarev, Ekaterina Makarovna Toŝakova
1979Russian
Het boek
Son Tyberg
1986Dutch
Historia sztuki najdawniejszych społeczeństw pierwotnych
Włodzimierz Antoniewicz
1957Polish
Hällristningar och kultbruk
Oscar Almgren
1926Swedish
Hällristningarna vid Nämforsen
Gustaf Hallström
1967Swedish
Hällristningarnas gudar
Åke Ohlmarks
1963Swedish
Il territorio segnato
Antonio Biganzoli
1998Italian
L'art des cavernes
1984French
L'art des troglodytes
Jacek Rewerski
1999French
L'art rupestre de la Lapa do Veado, Januária, Montalvania, Brésil
Niêva Leite, Marcelo Ayres Camurça
1985French
Les Glyphes cromagnonnais
Hans W. Bornefeld
2004French
Les gravures rupestres de l'Adrar des Iforas (Mali) dans le contexte de l'art saharien
Christian Dupuy
1991French
Les grottes d'Altamira et les autres grottes à peintures de la province de Santander
Jesús Carballo
1961French
Malowidła kwitnącej pustyni
Henri Lhote
1964Polish
Mir petroglifov Mongolii
Èleonora Afanas'evna Novgorodova
1984Russian
Nieuwe rotstekeningen ontdekt
Klaas Wilhelm Galis
1960Dutch
Oldnordiske stenbilleder
R. Broby-Johansen
1967Danish
Pametnici na kulturata
Lûdmil Angelov
1983Bulgarian
Rotstekeningen Afrika
Tropenmuseum / Amsterdam
1952Dutch
Rotstekeningen in West Nieuw Guinea
Rudolf Anthony Marie Bergman
1954Dutch
Rotstekeningen in de Sipaliwinisavanne
Frans C Bubberman
1973Dutch