In 2024 an international team announced the discovery of cave paintings in Sulawesi from at least 51,200 years ago, predating European cave art by over 10,000 years.

A new study has found that Indigenous cave art near Santa Barbara, California likely depicts a hallucinogenic “trance flower” known as Datura wrightii. Beside the drawing, researchers also found ...

Cave paintings throughout Chumash territory — some still visible today at sites like Painted Cave near Santa Barbara — feature abstract patterns, celestial imagery and ceremonial scenes ...

The Northern Chumash Tribal Council honored the pending designation of the Chumash Heritage Marine Sanctuary at their Indigenous People’s Day celebration at Dinosaur Caves Park in Pismo Beach on ...

The Northern Chumash Tribal Council honored the pending designation of the Chumash Heritage Marine Sanctuary at their Indigenous People’s Day celebration at Dinosaur Caves Park in Pismo Beach on ...

How to learn more about Chumash culture • Visit Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park near Santa Barbara, which preserves Chumash rock art from the 1600s.

Near a summit in the heart of California’s Santa Ynez Mountains, Chumash Painted Cave, or ’alaxulux’en, features rock art created over centuries by the Chumash. The cave now lies within ...

The drive is part of the experience, with potential stops including the Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park, where visitors can see centuries-old rock art by the Indigenous Chumash people ...

The last, Eddy, has prints based on the rock art from Chumash cave paintings in Santa Barbara and whose animal form — a turtle — is featured on the Chumash flag.

Several ancient cave paintings were recently discovered along the coast of Spain by researchers using a pioneering new technique. By flying drones into otherwise inaccessible mountain terrain ...