Selected Rock Art Bibliography
There are hundreds if not thousands of published materials on rock art, including books, papers, articles, and conference proceedings. All resources could not possibly be listed here, but instead we offer a selection on African rock art, that we hope will inspire further reading.

	Anati, E. 1986. Cultural patterns in the Rock Art of Central Tanzania. Proceedings of XIII International Congress of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, Edited by G. Aumassip, J.D 1986
	Anati, E. 1986. 'The rock art of Tanzania and the East African sequence'. BCSP 23: 15-68.
	Aremu, D.A. 2008. 'An Overview of Diversity of Rock Art In Some West African Countries'. Presented at the Pan African Renaissance of Black Art, Niger). Ibaden: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology University of Ibadan.
	Aremu, D.A. 2006. 'Archaeology Between Colonists and Metropolis: An Examination of Rock Paintings, Carvings and Engravings in Nigeria'. Presented at the Conference in Honour of Henri Breuil, Johannesburg, August, 2006.
	Aremu, D.A. 2007. 'African Rock Art Script and Communication: Nigeria as a Case Study'. Presented at the Methodology Workshop on Rock Art and The Pan African Renaissance in Nairobi, 22nd - 23rd Jan. 2007.
	Beltrami V. 1993. 'Neolithic and Post-Neolithic in the Aïr region: an approach to the Problems'. In Africa XXXVIII. Pp 123-127.
	Brandt, S.A. & N. Carder. 1987. 'Pastoral rock art in the Horn of Africa: making sense of udder chaos'. In World Archaeology 19 (2): 194-213.
	Brentjes, B. 1969. African Rock Art. London: J.M. Dent & Sons.
	Burkitt, M.C. 1928. South Africa's Past in Stone and Paint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
	Campbell, A.C. & Coulson, D.1988. 'Cultural Confrontation at Thodilo'. In Optima 36:12-19.
	Carter, P.L. & P.J. Carter 1964. 'Rock Paintings from Northern Ghana'. In Transactions of the Historical Societies of Ghana, VII: 1-3.
	Clottes, J. & Lewis-Williams, J. D. 1998. The Shamans of Prehistory: trance and magic in the painted caves. New York: Abrams.
	Cooke, C.K. 1974. A Guide to the Rock Art of Rhodesia. Salisbury: Modern Printers (Pvt) Limited.
	Coulson, D. & Campbell, A. 2001. African Rock Art: Paintings and engravings on Stone. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
	Davis, W. 1984. 'Representation and knowledge in the Prehistoric Art of Africa'. In African Archaeological Review 2:7-35.
	Dawson, A, T. 1992. Rock Engravings of Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University press.
	Dawson, T A. & Lewis-Williams, J. D. (eds) 1994. Contested images: diversity in Southern African rock art research. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.
	Deacon, J. (ed) 2007. African Rock Art: The Future of Africa's Past. Proceedings of the 2004 International Rock Art Conference, Nairobi. Nairobi: TARA.
	Deacon, H & J. Deacon. 1999. Human Beginnings in South Africa: Uncovering the Secrets of Stone Age. Cape Town: David Philip Publishers.
	Deacon, J. 1997. 'A regional management strategy for rock art in Southern Africa'. In Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 2:29-32.
	Garlake, P 1987 The painted caves - an introduction to the prehistoric art of Zimbabwe. Harare: Modus.
	Garlake, P. 1995. The Hunter's Vision: The Prehistoric Art of Zimbabwe. London: British Museum Press.
	Graziosi, P. 1964. 'New Discoveries of Rock paintings in Ethiopia'. In Antiquity 38:91-98 and 187-190.
	Gutierrez, M. 1996. 'The Rock Art of Angola' in Bahan, P.G. & Fossati, A. (eds) Rock Art Studies: News of the World I. Oxbow Monograph 72,: 85-93. Oxford.
	Hall, S & Smith, B. 2000. 'Empowering places: rock shelters and ritual control in farmer-forager interactions in the Northern Province'. South African Archaeological Society Goodwin Series 8: 30-46.