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Resources: 6 listings
- French Cave Paintings
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Europe & Russia |
- The exceptional archaeological discovery of a decorated cave. It incorporates several very large galleries that accommodate more than 300 paintings and engravings dating to the Paleolithic era (between 32,000 and 30,000 years ago). These works depict a unique and diverse menagerie among which rhinoceroses, felines, bears, owls, and mammoths.
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- Rocks and Minerals
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US - Central |
- Rocks are one of the main sources of information for geologists. By comparing rocks and minerals and their locations, geologists can estimate approximately how old the rocks and minerals are. They can tell if a rock was formed on dry land, on an ocean floor, or deep inside the earth. Other people besides geologists have found rocks and minerals useful. The Indians used native stone to make tools, weapons, and pottery. Early settlers constructed buildings, bridges, and fences out of limestone and sandstone. Indians and settlers used natural caves for protection and rock outcrops for lookouts; and they carved pictures, called petroglyphs, in the rock walls.
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- Sandpaintings
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Navajo |
US - Southwest |
- From David Silver Bear's website. The Navajo are well known for their spectacular and intricate sandpaintings. These are made, and used in healing, and other ceremonies. A real sandpainting takes days to prepare, all natural colored sand is used, obtained from such places as the famous Arizona Painted Desert and around the Navajo reservation. The paintings are done on the ground, usually inside a ceremonial hut, and in the ceremony they are destroyed and the sand is given back to nature.
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- More sites on www.geocities.com
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- Tools, instruments and equipment
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Canada |
- Tobacco cutter / Weathercock / Weathervane / Weathervane / Steamship / Weathercock / Tool chest / Postal scales / Pendule / Astronomical clock / Astrolabe / Spindle whorl (Salish) - The Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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- More sites on www.civilisations.ca
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- Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association
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United States |
- The Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association is dedicated to publicizing the
petroglyph and pictograph research being conducted in the Upper Midwest of the United
States, including - but not limited to - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South
Dakota.
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- Use of Geologic Materials by Prehistoric Cultures
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US - Central |
- Native Americans have lived in Iowa for more than 11,000 years. Until about 2,500 years ago, small bands lived by hunting game and gathering wild plants. These people, referred to as Archaic cultures, relied on stone, bone, shell, and wood for tools, and they made containers, rope, and clothing from vegetation and animal hide. Some Archaic groups built hide or mat-covered huts with floors dug into the earth. About 2,500 years ago, Native Americans (Woodland cultures) began cultivating native plants in the rich soil along Iowa's streams to supplement their hunting and gathering. They also began to make pottery from local clays, and soon afterward they established trade networks for exotic items such as marine shell, obsidian (volcanic glass), copper, and mica. The following pages show some of these imports as well as local geologic materials used by Native Americans.
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