Game Drive Fences and Desert Kites in Rock Art - Ep 105

In this news this month are Desert Kites from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. They are large, star-shaped, stone fences that early people used to direct game into pits where they could be easily killed. This has been done all over the world in various ways, including North America. We discuss the recent discovery of plans for these represented on rock art and how that’s also been done in North America.

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Understanding the Meaning of the Sierra de San Francisco Rock Paintings with Artist Elanie Moore - Ep 104

Elanie Moore is a professional artist and she studies the Great Mural Rock Art in Baja California, Mexico. Elanie recounts her first experiences with rock art and how it impacted her. Elanie was actually an art major looking for something to focus on and didn’t want to be just another classical art major. When she heard about the Baja and the rock paintings down there she wanted to know more and was soon hooked on studying them.

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Dating the Oldest Rock Art in North America - Ep 103

The oldest dated rock art in North America is in the Winnemucca Lake area of northern Nevada, just a couple hours from Reno. It’s abstract and deeply carved. How does this rock art compare to the same time frame in other parts of the world? How did this rock art get dated? What can we tell about the people that created it? All this and more on today’s episode.

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The Archaeology of Emotions, Part 2 with Tirtha Mukhopadhyay - Ep 102

This episode continues our discussion on the "Archaeology of Emotions" - a deep dive into the communications and neurophysiology of rock art.  This material is quite revolutionary and emanates from the fields of psychology and art aesthetics.  A fascinating discussion into the underlying impacts of rock art on the viewers and the associated religious contexts of their world view.

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100 Mule Trips to the Great Murals of Baja California with Eve Ewing - Ep 101

Turning passed the centennial mark, our episode 101 features rock art scholar Eve Ewing. Eve is a remarkable woman who has been to the Great Mural rock art in Baja California through the roadless back country in the heart of the peninsula known as the Grand Canyon of Mexico.  Riding on the back of a mule she has clocked 100 trips over a 50-year period.  She has a wonderful sense of insights and interpretation on these magnificent rock art panels. These are some of the largest prehistoric paintings in the world.

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