When Isaac Murdoch recently visited Matinenda Provincial Park near Elliot Lake, Ont., approximately 50 kilometres from his Anishinaabe community of Serpent River, he was shocked to see some ...
Ochre was often used as a vivid red paint in ancient rock art known as pictographs. Despite its broad use throughout human history and a modern focus on how the artistic symbolism is interpreted, ...
Nov. 20 (UPI) --New research suggests early hunter-gatherers in North America purposefully produced ochre, the vivid red paint used in rock art pictographs all over the world, by heating bacteria.