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In 2024 my RG-account was deleted (see my explanation elsewhere in my website [click website]) and therefore all my RG-hyperlinks in the list below have been changed into DropBox, where most of my publications can be downloaded for free. You may also find many publications at ACADEMIA (see the two links above).

I apologise for any inconvenience all this may cause.

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If you would like to receive anything (if available) from me, please only contact me via rockartAThomeDOTnl

Dear reader, by clicking on the illustration above, you will be able to download (waiting a few seconds) a copy of my 2012-book called:

''Rumimantam Llaqllasaq Wirpuykita'

The 'Cycle of Life' in the Rock Art of the Desert Andes.

This book (PDF: 131 MB) describes and discusses numerous rock art images from the Desert Andes (the deserts of western Peru and northern Chile) which are associated with life and death (sex and gender related imagery). The book (10 x 8 inches / 25 x 20 cm), written in the English language, has 168 pages. The text (about 60.000 words) has been printed in Georgia - 9 points. The book has been lavishly decorated with 326 illustrations (many colour photos and numerous drawings).

PUBLISHED IN 2026

Van Hoek, M. 2026. The "Severed Limb" Feature in the Rock Art of New Mexico. In: TRACCE - Online Rock Art Bulletin, Italy. PDFs: Academia and DropBox.

Van Hoek, M. 2026. Ken Steiner's Rock Art and Landscapes of New Mexico. Oisterwijk, Holland. Book only available at Academia and DropBox.

In the period of 2004 to 2007 Ken Steiner from New Mexico surveyed and photographed many well-known and lesser-known rock art sites in the southern half of New Mexico and the extreme west of Texas, both involving petroglyph sites and pictograph sites. This (photo) book contains a large selection of pictures; all taken by Ken Steiner. The book has 110 pages with more than 210 of Ken's photos (a map gives an idea where some of the rock art sites are located). The words have been kept to a minimum, as the pictures speak for themselves.

Van Hoek, M. 2026. Some Aspects of the Petroglyphs at Rinconada Canyon, New Mexico. In: TRACCE - Online Rock Art Bulletin, Italy. PDF at Academia and DropBox.

Van Hoek, M. 2026. Pictographs in the Modderpoort Area, South Africa. In: TRACCE – Online Rock Art Bulletin, Italy. PDF at Academia and DropBox.

Van Hoek, M. 2026. Petroglyph Sites around Kimberley, South Africa: An Overview. Oisterwijk, Holland. Book (119 pages; 224 illustrations) available as PDF at Academia or DropBox.

Van Hoek, M. 2026. Peekaboo, a Female-Male Rock Art Site, Salt Creek Canyon, Utah, USA. In: TRACCE - Online Rock Art Bulletin, Italy. DropBox - Academia.

Van Hoek, M. 2026. Rock Art at El Vado. Palpa Valley - Peru. Privately published. Oisterwijk, Holland. PDF at Academia and DropBox.

Van Hoek, M. 2026 "Hidden" Images in Rock Art. In: TRACCE – Online Rock Art Bulletin, Italy. PDF available at Academia.

Van Hoek, M. 2026. Detached Heads in Rock Art. The Case of La Proveedora. In: TRACCE - Online Rock Art Bulletin, Italy.

DOWNLOAD Expre...ED-6.pdf

Via the Download-URL above you can download the cropped article PLUS the three better legible illustrations:

This paper demonstrates that females may well have played a much more important role in the ancient societies that once thrived in west Arequipa, Peru. I also argue that my paper further debunks the incorrectly claimed militaristic theme, which is advocated by bio-archaeologists Tiffiny Tung and Beth Scaffidi (incorrect, because their claim is mainly based on the two false photographs, published in 2020 by Tung and Scaffidi). Unfortunately, their idea was later uncritically accepted by Zborover et al. (2023). I now hope that their two photos and their theories will not become factoids.

IMPORTANT

Re-published in TRACCE - November 2023:

Van Hoek, M. 2020/2023. False Information Concerning Majes Rock Art, Peru. In: TRACCE - Online Rock Art Bulletin. Italy. Revised Version November 2023.The PDF of this Revised Version is available at DropBox.

This short paper (the original of which was published in November 2020) discusses in more detail two "photographs" of petroglyphs from the Majes Valley, southern Peru, and the incorrect conclusions based upon those incorrect illustrations published by two academics from the USA. Regrettably, both their "photos" and their rock art related conclusions are unambiguously incorrect. After 2020 I published several papers/books in which it was necessary and relevant to reveal and discuss their errors again.

However, in August 2023 the actions of one of the academics involved forced me to re-publish several of my publications in which I discussed their errors. Therefore, from August 2023 I changed those publications, which were all uploaded again as Revised Versions. In November 2023 I also decided to publish a Revised Version of my original 2020-paper, which you can access and download now.

In 2024 further actions by Scaffidi and Tung resulted in closing my RG-account by RG-officials (without me having anything to say or suggest).

My original 2020-paper and my personal opinion are still available on one of my personal webpages (click this link).