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The Drawings on the Wall February 2008 BBC Radio 4
Archaeologist Dr George Nash of Bristol University visits five of Western Europe's most significant prehistoric rock art sites to examine whether the modern mind can ever successfully interpret the mysterious graffiti created by our ancestors. ( 5 x 14')
See the BBC website for the series.
1.The Legless Ladies of Creswell Crags Church Hole cave in Derbyshire has spectacular images of prehistoric animals. But who was carving them and why? And what is the modern equivalent?
2. Graffiti Gorge George Nash meets Dr Mila Simoes de Abreu, whose bitterly-fought campaign in the Côa Valley saved thousands of prehistoric tribal rock carvings from being lost under the waters of a proposed reservoir.
3.Irish Illusions Dr Muiris O'Sullivan of University College, Dublin inside Fourknocks Passage Grave, Eire
4. The Master of Paspardo Italian archaeologists Professor Angelo Fossati and Dr Andrea Arca explore the biggest rock art area in Europe.
5. Architecture of Death Mike Yates and rock art photographer Adam Stanford visit Barclodiady-Gawres Neolithic burial chamber in Anglesey
Producer Chris Eldon Lee
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