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petroglyphs, pictograms and geoglyphs -
an impression of conducted fieldwork
August 2003
53º41'40" N, 6º28'30" W


Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland
(±3300-2900 BCE)


     


April 2004
46º00'27" N, 10º20'51" E


Capo di Ponte, Valcamonica, Lombardy, Italy
(±8000 BCE?)

     
     


September 2005
19º57'17" N, 155º51'26" W


Puakō, Kohala Coast, Hawai'i, United States of America
(after 300 CE?)


     
     


September 2005
20º49'07" N, 156º37'07" W


Olowalu, Maui, Hawai`i, United States of America
(after 300 CE?)

     
   
     


November 2005
36º33'684 N, 128º54'633 E


Sugok-ri, Imdong-Myeon, Andong-si,
Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
(±3000 BCE?)

     


November 2005
35º36'252 N, 129º10'643 E


Bangudae, Daegok-ri, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun,
Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
(±3000 BCE?)




November 2005
35º36'855 N, 129º10'507 E


Cheonjeon-ri, Dudong-myeon, Ulju-gun,
Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
(±3000 BCE?)


     
 


November 2005
35º42'754 N, 128º17'514 E


Yangjeondong, Janggi-ri, Goryeong-gun,
Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
(±3000 BCE?)

 


December 2005
8º16' to 8º21' N, 98º30' E


Tham Nak and Khao Khian, Ao Phang-Nga Marine National Park, Phang-Nga Province, Andaman Coast, Thailand
(5000-3000 BCE)
     
 


May 2006
49º19' to 49º20 N, 88º21' to 88º26 E


Tsagaan Uul, Altai Tavan Bogd National Park,
Bayan-Ölgii, Mongolia
(±3000 BCE?)

     
     
 
     
     
 
     
     
     
     


April 2008
50º81'638 N, 0º18'985 E


'Long Man' of Wilmington, Wilmington,
East Sussex, United Kingdom
(first attested in 1710 CE)




May 2008

14º43' S, 75º08' W


Nasca and Palpa Lines, Nasca and Palpa Provinces,
Ica Region, Peru
(500 BCE to 300 CE)

     
     
 


May 2008
14º27'56" S, 75º08'08" W

Chichictara, Palpa Province,
Ica Region, Peru
(±3000 BCE?)


 
     
     
 
     
 
     
     


January 2009
29º31-33' N, 35º24-27' E

Lawrence's Spring, Khazali Canyon, and Anafasiyeh,
Wadi Rum, Al-`Aqaba Governorate, Jordan
(from prehistory to 11th century CE?)


     
     
 
     
 
     
     


March 2009
69º56' N, 23º10-11' E

Hjemmeluft, Alta,
Finnmark County, Northern Norway, Norway
(4,000 to 500 BCE)


     
     
     
     


April 2010
35º02' N, 108º21' W

El Morro National Monument ('Inscription Rock'),
Cibola County, New Mexico, United States of America
(700 CE to recent?)


     
     
 
     
 


April 2010
35º07' and 11' N, 106º44' and 41' W

Rinconada Canyon and Piedras Marcadas Canyon,
Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque,
Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States of America
(700 CE to recent?)


     
 
     
     
     
 
     
     
     
     
     




© Marinus Anthony van der Sluijs for all photographs

None of these images may be digitally or mechanically reproduced without prior permission.

 

 
selected bibliography
 
   
A. L. Peratt, J. McGovern, A. H. Qöyawayma, M. A. van der Sluijs & M. G. Peratt, z'Characteristics for the Occurrence of a High-Current Z-Pinch Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity Part II: Directionality and Source', IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 35. 4 (2007), 778-807

abstract

A. L. Peratt, M. A. van der Sluijs, J. McGovern & P. Bustamante, 'Virtual Image Reconstruction of an Intense Z-Pinch Aurora at Earth's Southern Axis from Archaic Petroglyphs' (conference record, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Pulsed Power and Plasma Science; Albuquerque: New Mexico, 2007), 623
M. A. van der Sluijs & A. L. Peratt, 'Intense Prehistoric Auroral Z-Pinch Recordings: Surveys of South Korean and Thailand Petroglyphs' (conference record, Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science; Traverse City, Michigan, 2006), 340
A. L. Peratt, D. A. Scott, & M. A. van der Sluijs, 'Evidence of an Influx of Interstellar Plasma from Archaic Z-pinch Recordings', Bulletin of the American Physical Society (Tampa, Florida, 2005)
A. L. Peratt, D. A. Scott, & M. A. van der Sluijs, 'Orientation of Intense Z-pinch Instabilities from an Intense Aurora as Recorded in Prehistory', Bulletin of the American Physical Society; 46th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics (Savannah, Georgia, 2004)