Pictograph (Site Type Keyword)

Parent: Rock Art

Design drawn in pigment upon an unprepared or ground rock surface.

226-250 (272 Records)

Research Design Archaeological Characterization Sampling For the EC South Range, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Marcus Grant.

The purpose of this project is to conduct a characterization sampling study for the EC South which includes a portion of Quartz Mountain. They are mountainous areas that research has demonstrated has high potential for identifying significant sites. This project is a 4% sample of 200,000 acres to identify eligible sites for preservation, management with the mission, and Native American visitation.


Results of Geophysical Survey and Historic Names Reasearch Of The California Trail Segments Located Within The Boundaries Of The City of Rocks National Reserve, Cassia County, Idaho (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Albert M. LeBeau III. Ashley Barnett. Curtis H. Sedlacek.

The City of Rocks National Reserve is a location with ties to America’s emigrant past. The primary significance at the Reserve is the California Trail and associated features. The National Park Service’s National Trails Intermountain Region requested the National Park Service’s Midwest Archeological Center assist the City of Rocks National Reserve in geophysical survey and historic names research projects. The projects utilized geophysical prospection techniques to answer questions posed by the...


A Review of Cultural Resources in the La Jolla Valley Region of San Diego, California (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Carol J. Walker. Sean Cardenas. Charles S. Bull.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Rock Art in Arizona (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

In 1993, the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks, funded a historic context statement and overview of the state's rock art sites. Desert Archaeology personnel searched through archives for site records, visited libraries to uncover rock art reports, and identified current research topics pertaining to the state's sites. This volume presents the findings of that study. More than 2,300 rock art sites were identified; however, site records were found to vary in quality,...


Rock Corral Group Arizona Site Steward File (1984)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William B. Gillespie. Sharon F. Urban. Mark M. South. Mary M. Farrell.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Rock Corral Group site, located on Coronado National Forest land. The site is comprised of a masonry cobble enclosure, presumably a corral, as well as petroglyphs, bedrock mortars, and artifact scatter. The file consists of a site data form, Arizona State Museum archaeological survey form, Arizona State Museum site survey form, site map, site inspection report, an inventory standards and accounting form, a 1986 report entitled "Trincheras Sites:...


Rock Paintings of Badu (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady.

The island of Badu and its smaller satellite islands is historically known for having a reputation of fearful headhunting raids to neighbouring islands. Badu's geological structure forms part of the Badu Suite of granite. A total of 24 rock-art sites consisting of 188 pictures have been documented from 2001 to 2004. The paintings are either monochrome or bichrome, and use three different colours: red, white and yellow. A single stencil has also been documented from an island site.


Rock Paintings of Dauan (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady.

The island of Dauan is located 10km south of Papua New Guinea and contains the northern-most documented rock-art sites of Australia. Geologically Dauan consists of Late Carboniferous-Early Permian rocks that form part of the Badu Suite of granite. A total of 70 red rock paintings, in various stages of deterioration were recorded from four sites on the north-facing side of the island. Photos of the rock-art along with cumputer-enhanced images are located in this monograph.


Rock Paintings of Iama (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady.

Iama is part of the Central Islands of the Torres Strait which are characterised mainly by low-lying, sandy islands and coral cays. Geologically it has been described as being a part of a distinct granitoid phase and separate from the geological unit known as the Badu Suite of granite found elswhere in the Torres Strait.A total of 12 paintings have been recorded with computer-enhanced imagery.


Rock Paintings of Kirriri (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady.

Kirriri is located in the northern part of the south-Western Islands, in Kaurareg territory. A total of 27 rock paintings have been identified from the site.


Rock Paintings of Mua (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady.

Mua is the second largest island in the Torres Strait. Beginning in 2001, six rock-art sites totalling 100 Determinate pictures, have been documented from the northeastern and southwestern side of the island. Bruno David and Ian McNiven recorded Mua 1 and Mua 10 in 2001. Liam Brady documented the rock-art from remaining sites in 2002 and 2003.


Rock Paintings of Muralag (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady. Lynette Russel.

Muralag is the largest island in Torres Strait and is the acknowledged home of the Kaurareg Aboriginal community. A total of three rock-art sites comprising of 106 monochrome and bichrome paintings were documented during fieldwork in 2003 and 2004. All three sites are located in coastal settings on the west coast of Muralag - two were discovered during surveys , while the third is Frenchman's Cave.


Rock Paintings of Ngiangu (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady.

Ngiangu is a small, six-hectare, flat-topped rocky island with numerous caves cut into the steep sides of the island. It is the western-most island in the Torres Strait. In 1985 and 1990 a Queensland Museum expidition, under the direction of Ron Colemen, undertook archaeological and geological surveys of the island. Coleman's team documented rock paintings from four caves. A total of 152 monochrome and bichrome paintings have been documented from Ngiangu. All of the documented rock-art sites are...


Rock Paintings of Pulu (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady.

Pulu Islet is situated off the coast of Mabuyag and is associated with historical ceremonial and cultural activities. Geologically, Pulu is granite boulder-strewn with a total of 14 known rock-art sites


Rock Paintings of Somerset (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady.

The colonial settlement of Somerset is located on the coast approximately 10km southeast of the tip of Cape York. The Somerset rock-art site consists of a large sandstone rockshelter located approximately 3m above High Water Mark which was formed through wave action cutting into the cliff face. A total of 353 paintings have been documented at Somerset, consisting of 289 Determinate and 64 Indeterminate images. Determinate paintings have been executed as monochrome and bichrome images, and a wide...


Rock Paintings of Zurath (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady.

Zurath is a small islet located approximately 10km south of Badu. Two rock-art sites comprising of 15 paintings have been documented from Zurath. Rock paintings have been executed in red, and range in visibility from very clear to heavily deteriorated, requiring computer enhancement for some paintings.


Rock-Art of the Torres Strait Islands, Northeastern Australia (2010)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Liam Brady.

This series showcases innovative research in Indigenous studies, history and culture. Thematically, it profiles ways in which settler society and Indigenous cultures have intersected, clashed, melded and meshed. Each book emerges out of research conducted in close collaboration and partnership with Indigenous people and communities. The series is geographically confined to Oceania. It is wide-ranging in subject-matter, yet it has a distinct focus on cross-cultural dialogues. Its intention is to...


Signs From the Ancestors: Zuni Cultural Symbolism and Perceptions of Rock Art (1988)
DOCUMENT Citation Only M. Jane Young.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Slaughter Canyon (New) Cave Pictograph Site (LA 43640), Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
DOCUMENT Citation Only Barbara Bilbo.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Slaughter Canyon Cave Pictograph Site Carlsbad Caverns National Park (1996)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Bilbo. Barbara Bilbo.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Southern Arizona the Last 12,000 Years: A Cultural-Historic Overview for the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephanie M. Whittlesey. Richard Ciolek-Torello. Matthew A. Sterner.

This report presents an overview of the prehistoric and historic archaeological resources in the proposed Western Army National Guard Aviation Training site (WAATS) in south-central Arizona prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (COE). The purpose of this overview was to provide WAATS with a Class I Survey representing the initial step in the assessment of potential impacts to cultural resources in this large region as a result of helicopter over flights and landings...


Speculations On Some Pictograph Sites in the Region of Amistad Reservoir (1966)
DOCUMENT Citation Only T. Grieder.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


The Story of a Tlingit Community: a Problem in the Relationship Between Archeological, Ethnological, and Historical Methods (1960)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Frederica De Laguna.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Summit Survey: a Recent Archaeological Project By the University of Montana (1965)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lewis K. Napton.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Test Excavations At 24YL1, Pictograph Cave State Monument (1986)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ken Deaver.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Three Pictograph Sites in the Central Pecos Valley of Texas (1967)
DOCUMENT Citation Only John W. Clark.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.