Contact Rock Art

Connected Sites: 4

Rock art scenes that depict aspects of cultural contact between indigenous groups and European settlers/colonists.

Connected Sites

  • Kakadu National Park
    Kakadu National Park
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.85
    92
    9
    Nanguluwur .....(t)here is also an interesting example of "contact art" depicting a two-masted sailing ship with anchor chain and a dinghy trailing behind. (wiki)
  • Maloti-Drakensberg Park
    Maloti-Drakensberg Park
    Lesotho, South Africa
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.32
    82
    5
    British soldiers depicted at Main Caves, Giant's Castle
  • Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
    Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
    Canada
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.81
    35
    7
  • Camino Real
    Camino Real
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.61
    137
    8
    In the Cueva de Avalos, several representations of the Christian cross exist (nom file), also horse carts etc