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The articles whose URL's are given below are from the list of search results using the expression "rock art, performed on the Wikipedia site.
This search finds mostly rock music, especially after the first 40 or 60 items. The articles listed below are relevant ones from the first 20 pages, 400 items out of more than 24,000 articles, plus a few which happened to be linked to from the first, general introduction.
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Rock Art (general introduction)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_art
Petroglyph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroglyph
International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Federation_of_Rock_Art_Organizations_%28IFRAO%29
Rock Art Research (the journal)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Art_Research
Prehistoric Art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_art
Entoptic phenomena (archaeology)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoptic_phenomena_%28archaeology%29
Petrosomatoglyph [should we challenge this, as off-topic & a private jargon term?]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrosomatoglyph
Australia
Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Art_and_the_X-Ray_Style
Sydney rock engravings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_rock_engravings
Murujuga, the Burrup Peninsula
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murujuga
Bradshaws (Kimberley region of Western Australia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradshaws
Ubirr (in Kakadu National Park)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubirr
Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve (South of Alice Springs)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewaninga_Rock_Carvings_Conservation_Reserve
Laura, Queensland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%2C_Queensland
Mutawintji National Park (New South Wales)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutawintji_National_Park
Kondoa Rock Art Sites, Tasmania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondoa_Rock_Art_Sites
Indigenous Australian art (only a mention of Rock Art)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australian_art
East Asia
Bangudae Petroglyphs (Ulsan, South Korea)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangudae_Petroglyphs
Europe
List of Rock Carvings in Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rock_carvings_in_Norway
Rock carvings in Central Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_carvings_in_Central_Norway
Knowth - Ireland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowth
Stan Beckensall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Beckensall
India
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters- World Heritage Site (India, Madhya Pradesh)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhimbetka_rock_shelters
Kupgal Petroglyphs (Bellary district of Karnataka, India)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupgal_petroglyphs
North America
Coso Rock Art District (California)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coso_Rock_Art_District
Great Mural Rock Art, Baja California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mural_Rock_Art%2C_Baja_California
Sierra de San Francisco (Baja California)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Paintings_of_Sierra_de_San_Francisco
Fremont culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_people
Nine Mile Canyon (Utah)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Mile_Canyon
Horned Serpent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_Serpent
Horseshoe Canyon (Utah)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_Canyon_%28Utah%29
Barrier Canyon Style
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier_Canyon_Style
Alanah Woody [needs to be written]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanah_Woody
Pomier Caves (north of San Cristobal, Dominican Republic)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomier_Caves
Water Glyphs [needs to be challenged as "original research" and fantastical speculation]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_glyphs
Saharan rock art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saharan_rock_art
Tadrart Acacus, Libya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadrart_Acacus
Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tassili_N%27Ajjer
Rock art of Figuig, Morocco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_art_of_Figuig
Neolithic Subpluvial (of northern Africa)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Subpluvial
South Africa
Art of South Africa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_South_Africa
Bushmen healing and rock art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen_healing_and_rock_art
Cederberg (Mountains, location of San rock art)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cederberg
David Lewis-Williams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lewis-Williams
South America
Chamangá (Uruguay)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamang%C3%A1
Stone Arrangements
Petroforms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroforms
Aboriginal Stone Arrangements (Australia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_stone_arrangements
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