Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center Tainter Cave – Rock Art Preservation December 29, 2016 Vandalism to rock art is a huge problem throughout the world. This irreplaceable art is destroyed by people carving or spray painting modern names, dates, and symbols over or near rock art. While most people would never intentionally damage ancient art, a Read More
Dear Colleague, Rob Hyde and I have published our “study volume” of the Tucson Artifacts. This collection of plates, texts and translations brings to general scholarly notice solid archeological and literary proof of Old World influences and settlements in pre-Columbian America. It is available to preview or order only by special invitation and by going Read More
Signed book above is available directly from the author. For more information in acquiring the dvd and joining the California Rock Art Foundation click here or to purchase at The Bradshaw Foundation click here Alan P. Garfinkel, Ph.D. Principal Archaeologist UltraSystems Environmental agarfinkel@ultrasystems.com avram1952@yahoo.com Founder and Director California Rock Art Foundation http://www.californiarockart.org http://www.dralangarfinkel.com By: Alan P. Read More
djmcmahonsr@hotmail.com Donald J. McMahon Symbologist/Researcher The seafarer was born, sailed the oceans, and generated symbols as a testament to the journeys undertaken. The seafarer connected the star dots. The god was the sun, and the goddess was Venus, and every eight years they unite. They shared equal attention by the ancient civilizations. Water flowed and Read More
Revised and Updated: By Alan P. Garfinkel, Ph.D. December 2014 Originally published in: North American Archaeologist, Spring 2007 Edition Alan P. Garfinkel, Ph.D. Principal Archaeologist UltraSystems Environmental agarfinkel@ultrasystems.com avram1952@yahoo.com Founder and Director California Rock Art Foundation http://www.californiarockart.org http://www.dralangarfinkel.com ABSTRACT One of the more spectacular expressions of prehistoric rock art in Read More
by, William Olivadoti In general, a work, by an amateur, which attempts to show parallels and similarities between distant and diverse cultures, in both time and space, culminating in which appear to be evidentiary clues in both archival and geographic form, which could be postulated to possibly substantiate those connections of cultures. In particular, a pattern Read More
by Richard D. Moats Overview: The Salisbury brothers authored a paper in 1862 describing several archaeological sites in Ohio. One was an “Ancient Symbolic Earth Works” in Northern Perry County. The paper included a narrative and plot map of a hill top earthwork and three associated features. They recorded linear measurements, angles of intersection, Read More