Topic ID #12775 - posted 7/7/2011 2:05 AM

Mobile phone app will help users find North East prehistoric rock art



Jennifer Palmer

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Mobile phone app will help users find North East prehistoric rock art
    by Tony Henderson, The Journal
    Jul 6 2011

THE meaning of rock art created in the North East thousands of years ago has baffled modern day experts.

And the prehistoric people who carved the rock images would be equally at a loss to understand today’s technology which is revealing their creations to a growing audience.

In a project by the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University, archaeologists have worked with digital media experts to create a mobile phone site enabling people to find the rock art panels.

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