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. 1 (2026)
Published: 2026-01-04
Articles
THE RECORDING OF FOUR NEWLY DISCOVERED ROCK ART SITES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE ILI VALLEY, NORTHWEST CHINA
WHERE IS JUSTICE FOR THE YABURARA PEOPLE? FLAWED GOVERNMENT DECISIONS CONTINUE THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA FROM THE 1868 MASSACRES IN MURUJUGA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
HAND STENCILS AND PRINTS: FURTHER MUSINGS ON METRICS
REFRAMING THE RED ROCK ART IN WEST MALAYSIA USING A FIVE-LEVEL MOTIF CATEGORISATION MODEL
PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPES OF THE CANAIMA COMPLEX: NEW ROCK ART SITES AND LITHIC TOOLS IN SOUTHEASTERN VENEZUELA
DIGITAL CONSERVATION ETHICS IN FRENCH AND MALIAN CAVE SITES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE LASCAUX IV VIRTUAL REPLICATION PROJECT AND THE 3D DOCUMENTATION PRACTICE OF DOGON ROCK ART IN MALI
PETROGLYPHS OF NORTHEAST INDIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MANIPUR: A CRITICAL REVIEW
PETROGLYPHS AND PASTORALISM: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR HUMAN ADAPTATION IN THE MUSTANG REGION OF THE HIMALAYAS
PETROGLYPHS AT KHAR TOLGOI (BLACK HEAD) IN THE GOBI DESERT OF MONGOLIA: ANALYSIS OF IMAGES AND CHRONOLOGY
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