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*Rock Art on the Radio Starts on Sunday 3 February
*Starts on Sunday 3 February, 14.45 - 15.00 on BBC Radio
4
Over a series of five programmes, archaeologist Dr George Nash of
Bristol University visits five rock art sites
in England, Wales,
Ireland, Portugal and Italy, to attempt to unravel the real, hidden
meaning of rock art.
Who
creates rock art, and why? Can our present day graffiti artists
provide some clues?
Join George Nash on for the
first episode of The Drawings on the Wall on
3 February as he investigates the mysterious Legless Ladies of Creswell
Crags.
The
second episode on 10 February involves the the prehistoric tribal
rock carvings under threat of being lost under the waters
of a proposed
reservoir in the Coa Valley, Portugal.
On 17 February George Nash visits Ireland to see a very early
example of
graffiti at the Four Knocks Burial Chamber.
Italian archaeologists show George Nash round the biggest
rock art area
in Europe. There are an astonishing 300,000 prehistoric carvings within
commuting distance of Milan.
Join them on 24 February.
And George's travels end on 2 March at Barclodiady- Gawres Neolithic
burial chamber in
Anglesey, to see the rock carvings accidentally
discovered in 2004 by students.
For more detail on each programme
visit the BBC website:
http://www.bbc. co.uk/radio4/ arts/drawingsont hewall.shtml
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