Rock Art Research
Rock Art Research (ISSN 0813-0426) is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering rock art and other forms of paleoart and was established in 1984.
Rock Art Research articles have been refereed (4-8 reviewers per paper) since 1984. RAR is one of the most rigorously peer-reviewed journals in archaeology or anthropology.
About Rock Art Research
The journal Rock Art Research (ISSN: 0813-0426) is devoted to developing theory and methodology for the systematic and rigorous understanding of palaeoart and related phenomena. Emphasis is given to communication across the various disciplines related to the study of global rock art, and to synthesising related subjects around the journal’s focus: the surviving externalisations of early world views.
Contributions should be consistent with these general goals. Notes for contributors appear below. All articles submitted will be refereed by peer reviewers. While final responsibility for the acceptance or rejection rests with the editor, responsibility for opinions expressed or data introduced is always the authors’.
Selected manuscripts will be sent to commentators and their reviews may be published in order to promote scholarly debate, in which case the author will be invited to respond to these comments. In addition to articles reporting original research or review of significance, the submission of brief reports, conference reports, book reviews and bibliographical entries is also invited.
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Current Issue
Vol. 43 No. 2 (2026)
Published: 2026-06-03
Articles
MANTIDS, SOUTHERN AFRICAN ROCK ART AND CONCEPTUAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THE EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT HYPOTHESIS (EDH)
SYSTEMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROCK ART HERITAGE ARCHIVE DATABASE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DIGITAL HUMANITIES
THE ROCK ART OF SNAKE ROCK: A MAJOR WIRADJURI CULTURAL PLACE IN CENTRAL NSW, AUSTRALIA
THE OUTRIGGER BOAT MOTIFS IN ROCK ART OF SOUTH-EAST SULAWESI: TRACES OF AUSTRONESIAN MARITIME TECHNOLOGY IN INDONESIA
A MODIFIED CAVE BEAR SKULL FROM THE EARLY UPPER PALAEOLITHIC
MICROEROSION DATING OF THE QIN DYNASTY ROCK INSCRIPTIONS DISCOVERED IN QINGHAI, CHINA
FINDING THE ARTISTS: TOWARDS A BIOGRAPHICAL TURN IN ROCK ART RESEARCH
A NOMANSLAND TRIPTYCH: PEOPLE, PICTURES AND PLACE
INDIGENOUS VOYAGING, MOLUCCAN BOATS, ROCK ART AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE IN 1800S NORTHWEST ARNHEM LAND, AUSTRALIA
THE HAND OF MASITISE: EXPLORING THE LIFE OF A PAINTER THROUGH TWO ROCK ART SITES IN SOUTHERN LESOTHO
THE LAST ROCK PAINTERS OF KAKADU REVISITED: THE WORK OF DAVID CANARI
TOWARDS A BIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE ON SAMBURU LMURRAN WARRIOR ROCK ART, KENYA
MARDABAY NGARRIBIMKERRNGEHME: ROCK ART AS LIFE PROJECT
BEYOND THE BODY: EMBODIED MARKINGS, PERSONHOOD AND GESTALT IN PALAEOLITHIC CAVES
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Symbolic Communication and Regional Variation in Prehistoric Rock Art: A Comparative Study of Lascaux and Bhimbetka
Multimedia Richness and Narrative Coherence in the Digital Heritage of Cave Murals and Rock Art: A Simulated Empirical Study Based on Virtual Reality Experience
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