Featuring the World of Rock Art, by Anna Herndon
The Wonderful World of Rock Art Anna Herndon; Nov 2024– Tuscaloosa, Ala. Before European settlers came to North America, Native Americans and Indigenous people lived on the continent for thousands of years. They kept records of their rich history, beliefs, and stories by creating symbols on rock faces. After lasting hundreds or thousands of years, we witness these images today as beautiful rock art. Photo by Sven Haakanson, Jr., via the Alutiiq Museum Rock art is everywhere in North America. Sort of like the graffiti of the ancient world, these works were created by Native Americans, some of them up to 15,000 years ago! It being that there was no alphabet or written language to accompany the dialects that Native American people spoke, artistic depictions were an important way of documenting history, stories told over generations, and religious beliefs about the creation of the earth and humankind. The people who made these drawings and etchings lived and t...