The Rock Art Podcast

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The Rock Art Podcast

Rock art is one of those things that just captivates your attention. The ancient carvings, drawings, and paintings tell a story. Sometimes we can interpret what that story is and sometimes we can't. World renowned rock art expert, Dr. Alan Garfinkel joins APN founder Chris Webster and a cast of expert guests to talk about rock art: what is it, how do we know how old it is, who made it, and much more. Join us as we take you on a journey through space and time via pictures on rock.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    Atlantic Rock Art with Clare Busher O'Sullivan - Ep 134

    In this week's episode, Alan chats to Clare Busher O Sullivan, archaeologist, author and rock art specialist about her work with Atlantic Rock Art in south-west Ireland. They speak on topics ranging from Mesolithic markings to Neolithic chambered tombs, and even compare the differences between Atlantic and Californian rock art motifs! Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/rockart/134 Links * Clare Busher O'Sullivan (X) [https://x.com/archaeoclare?lang=en] * Irish Prehistoric Rock Art (Youtube) [https://youtu.be/vBKVimCCS1Y] * Clare Busher O'Sullivan LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-busher-o-sullivan-736836156/] Find out more about Ireland's Prehistoric Rock Art: * Ireland's Prehistoric Rock Art (X) [https://x.com/irelandrockart] * Ireland's Prehistoric Rock Art (Instagram) [https://www.instagram.com/irelandsprehistoricrockart/?hl=en] * Rock Art Our Ancient Landscapes: Prehistoric Rock Art in Ireland [https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/content/files/Rock-Art-Prehistoric-Rock-Art-in-Ireland-A4.pdf] Contact * Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Dr. Alan Garfinkel's Website [https://www.dralangarfinkelgold.com/]Support Dr. Garfinkel on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=79908652&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates and Sponsors * California Rock Art Foundation [https://www.carockart.org/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]

    44 min

  2. OCT 25

    Rock Art with Dr. George Harold Nash - Ep 133

    Join us on this week's episode, as Alan sits down with Dr. George Harold Nash, a prominent specialist in the field of prehistoric rock art from the University of Liverpool. Dr. Nash has extensive experience in researching rock art in places across the world, the US and South America. He's currently working in Rising Star Cave in South Africa and several Upper Palaeolithic caves in his native South Wales. Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/rockart/133 Links * The Rock Art Network [https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/rockartnetwork/george_nash.php] * First Art Team [https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/first_art_team/introduction/index.php] * Dr. George Nash - University of Liverpool [https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/george-harold-nash] Contact * Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Dr. Alan Garfinkel's Website [https://www.dralangarfinkelgold.com/]Support Dr. Garfinkel on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=79908652&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates and Sponsors * California Rock Art Foundation [https://www.carockart.org/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]

    50 min

  3. OCT 11

    Nigerian Rock Art with Salisu Aminu - Rock Art 132

    In this week's episode, Dr Garfinkel talks to Salisu Aminu, rock art scholar, guard and advocate for the preservation and conservation of rock art in Nigeria. They discuss Salisu's professional work, his passion and strategy for preserving the archaeological past, and how this work has helped the indigenous people of Nigeria. Salisu Aminu has received multiple awards and recognition for his work in rock art research. He has also been featured on the Bradshaw foundation website. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/rockart/132 Links * Birnin Kudu Rock Art Interpretation Center Nigeria - Bradshaw Foundation [https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/africa/nigeria/birnin_kudu/index.php] Contact * Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Dr. Alan Garfinkel's Website [https://www.dralangarfinkelgold.com/]Support Dr. Garfinkel on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=79908652&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates and Sponsors * California Rock Art Foundation [https://www.carockart.org/] * Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion

    34 min

  4. SEP 27

    Dance and Cosmology with Jose Botello - Ep 131

    Dr. Garfinkel brings Jose Botello back on the show to talk about his master's work at Cal State Northridge. They talk about ceremonial dance, cosmology, and what it means to live and walk the "red road". Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/rockart/131 Contact * Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Dr. Alan Garfinkel's Website [https://www.dralangarfinkelgold.com/]Support Dr. Garfinkel on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=79908652&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates and Sponsors * California Rock Art Foundation [https://www.carockart.org/]

    36 min

  5. SEP 13

    The Supernatural Gamekeeper with Dr. Tirtha Mukhopadhyay - Ep 130

    Dr. Tirtha Mukhopadhyay from Guanajuato, Mexico one of our most popular guest scholars, is back for a discussion on the Supernatural Gamekeeper.  Much to say about this figure and how they are rendered on stone canvasses, what they mean, who they are, and what we can learn from Native people regarding the protective and abiding deities that ensure nourishment and sustainability for our indigenous brothers and sisters.  Great discussion! Links * "ICONICITY OF THE UTO-AZTECANS: Snake Anthropomorphy in the Great Basin, the American Southwest and Mesoamerica" By Tirtha Prasad Mukhopadhyay and Alan Philip Garfinkel, Berghahn 2023. [https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/MukhopadhyayIconicity] Contact * Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Dr. Alan Garfinkel's Website [https://www.dralangarfinkelgold.com/]Support Dr. Garfinkel on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=79908652&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates and Sponsors * California Rock Art Foundation [https://www.carockart.org/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]

    41 min

  6. AUG 30

    The Supernatural Gamekeeper with Dr. Richard Chacon - Ep 129

    Today we have our guest scholar, Dr. Richard Chacon, who has just published a remarkable book on supernatural gamekeepers throughout the world. We're going to talk about how that relates to rock art and other related matters in terms of the pre-contact, pre-literate indigenous cosmology. Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/rockart/129 Contact * Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Dr. Alan Garfinkel's Website [https://www.dralangarfinkelgold.com/]Support Dr. Garfinkel on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=79908652&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates and Sponsors * California Rock Art Foundation [https://www.carockart.org/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]

    48 min

  7. AUG 16

    Fossil Falls and the Coso Range with Katie Olsen - Ep 128

    On this episode we interview Katie Olsen who lives in Ridgecrest, California.  On the edge of the Coso Range and a stone's throw away from Little Lake and Fossil Falls - prominent rock art locations in the Coso Range. She shares her feelings and background as a woman and female and mother with academic training in art history as she helps us to understand the rock art of the Cosos with a special emphasis on the animal humans that are patterned and solid bodied and expresses an explicit emphasis on the female side of the human experience. Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/rockart/128 Contact Dr. Alan Garfinkel * avram1952@yahoo.com * Dr. Alan Garfinkel's Website [https://www.dralangarfinkelgold.com/] * Support Dr. Garfinkel on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=79908652&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates and Sponsors * California Rock Art Foundation [https://www.carockart.org/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]

    46 min

  8. AUG 2

    Nevadans for Cultural Preservation - Ep 127

    Rayette Martin from the Nevadans for Cultural Preservation joins the podcast to talk about the work they are doing and how they are preserving rock art in Nevada. Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/rockart/127 Links * Nevadans for Cultural Preservation [https://www.nvfcp.org/] Contact * Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Dr. Alan Garfinkel's Website [https://www.dralangarfinkelgold.com/]Support Dr. Garfinkel on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=79908652&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates and Sponsors * California Rock Art Foundation [https://www.carockart.org/] * Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion

    47 min
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Rock art is one of those things that just captivates your attention. The ancient carvings, drawings, and paintings tell a story. Sometimes we can interpret what that story is and sometimes we can't. World renowned rock art expert, Dr. Alan Garfinkel joins APN founder Chris Webster and a cast of expert guests to talk about rock art: what is it, how do we know how old it is, who made it, and much more. Join us as we take you on a journey through space and time via pictures on rock.

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