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Markoid
Markoid
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Edited Jan 31, 2017, 22:46
Rock Art in Australia
Jan 31, 2017, 20:56
...is quite amazing. I spent quite a few years there. Dreamtime and stuff. Dots and things............................

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=australian+rock+art&biw=1600&bih=791&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwin586Hou3RAhXpIMAKHT9jBHUQsAQILw#imgrc=TKlXuU2q3xKIqM%3A


Nick Cave may something to say? The Caves are indiginous people.

The Birthday Party - Nick The Stripper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5I2vEcVC_I
Hob
Hob
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Re: Rock Art in Australia
Feb 16, 2017, 18:41
There are some stone carvings in NE Oz that wouldn't look out of place from the CnR things found in Europe. Separated by thousands of miles and thousands of years, but somehow similar.
tjj
tjj
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Edited Feb 19, 2017, 18:13
Re: Rock Art South Africa
Feb 19, 2017, 18:11
And these from South Africa.
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/south_africa/
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat
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Re: Rock Art South Africa
Feb 19, 2017, 18:23
I love these giraffes from Dabous in the Sahara:

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/giraffe/index.php

Life size!
tiompan
tiompan
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Re: Rock Art South Africa
Feb 19, 2017, 18:24
tjj wrote:


If the markings are abstract , it's often much the same symbols that appear time and again , whatever the continent .
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