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Totonaca people, the Hurricane and the Voladores: traditional techniques for controlling an atmospheric phenomena
An interview with Dr. Luisa Villani, postdoctoral researcher at UNAM, Institute of Anthropology in Mexico City. An intriguing research on themythical characters associated with atmospheric phenomena, such as Aktziní, the Hurricane and linked to the Dance of the Flyers- “Los Voladores”. Continue reading
Qhapaq Ñan: Ongoing Reactivation Projects
Projects like the one near Portrero de Payogasta, close to Salta, Argentina, serve as prime examples of archaeological conservation and enhancement. Continue reading
Viaggio nel Perigord #3- Lascaux
Lascaux è la grotta ornata preistorica più famosa e importante al mondo, al pari di Altamira (Spagna). A ottobre 2023 Arkeomount ha visitato la replica aperta nel 2016. Continue reading
Viaggio nel Perigord#2- Le grotte dipinte
Le raffigurazioni all’interno delle grotte del Paleolitico superiore possono essere eseguite secondo tre tecniche: incise, dipinte o una combinazione delle due.Quando siamo giunti a Font de Gaume (Centre des monuments nationaux – Sites préhistoriques de la vallée de la Vézère – 4 avenue des Grottes – 24620 Les Eyzies – France // Grottes de Font-de-Gaume … Continue reading
Viaggio nel Perigord #1- La valle dell’Homo e la Grotta di Rouffignac
Viaggio nel Vezere francese- Arkemount.com – Parte 1 Continue reading
Tibet: found 200,000-Year-Old Handprints. Is this rock art?
Image published by www.openculture.com This is an interesting piece of news that we would like to share and comment. Some days ago this article here reports that “Archaeologists Discover 200,000-Year-Old Hand & Footprints That Could Be the World’s Earliest Cave Art”.Very interesting, indeed?Reading this and other sources it is clear that the finding, in in … Continue reading
Clovis first?
The Clovis projectile found in ZacatecasImage Credit : INAH, published in Heritagedaily.com We report this piece of news recently published online, which points out – once more – a theory called “Clovis first”.The opportunity comes from a recent discovery of a “Clovis projectile point” found almost 1.000 miles far from Clovis, where the theory began … Continue reading
Il sacro svela il profano
Karahan Tepe (Turchia): tempio di 11.000 anni fa impone delle nuove domande Immagine pubblicata su https://www.habernediyor.com/ Si chiama Karahan Tepe e sta a circa 50 km da Gobelki Tepe. E’ il nuovo santuario rupestre trovato nella stessa zona della Turchia meridionale, che orami possiamo considerare uno degli epicentri della ricerca archeologica, tanto sta rivoluzionando la … Continue reading
“Rock art manifestations in Latin America”: an amazing documentary not to be missed!
Rock art is one of the most powerful marker of our prehistory. A key element to consider when studying an environment as it is a crucial part of the human landscape. Paying a great attention to rock art studies, we got in touch with Aline Lara Galicia of the Universidad de Sevilla asking her to present us the recently released documentary “Rock art manifestations in Latin America”. Aline, who is part of the “Instituto de Estudios sobre América Latina” and the “Grupo de Investigación ATLAS” (Seminario Permanente Manifestaciones Rupestres en América Latina) was so kind to write down a post for arkeomount.com! Continue reading
Teotihuacan: il LIDAR ci restituisce una grandiosa opera di allineamento astronomico
E’ recente la notizia che l’antico insediamento messicano di Teotihuacan possa essere molto più vasto di quanto noto ad oggi Continue reading