Why the history of rock art research matters - Joakim Goldhahn, Jamie Hampson, and Sam Challis; The history of rock art research in west Texas, North America, and beyond - Jamie Hampson; Reclaiming connections: Ethnography, archaeology, and images on stone in the southwestern United States - Kelley Hays-Gilpin and Dennis Gilpin; Rock art, landscapes and materiality in the Canadian Shield - Dagmara Zawadzka; On the history of rock art research in Mexico and Central America - Félix Alejandro Lerma Rodríguez; 'To Alleviate the Night-Black Darkness that Conceals our most Ancient Times:' Carl Georg Brunius' Trailblazing Rock Art Thesis from 1818 - Joakim Goldhahn; History of the study of schematic rock art in Spain - Margarita Díaz-Andreu; Leo Frobenius' contribution to global rock art research - Richard Kuba and Martin Porr; History debunked: Endeavours in rewriting the San past from the indigenous rock art archive - Sam Challis; Rock art and archaeology? The problem of 'integration' in southern African later stone age research - David Mendel Witelson; A history of research into regional difference in southern African rock paintings - Ghilraen Laue; Explorers and researchers: Kimberley rock art discoveries 1838-1938 - Michael P. Rainsbury; Discovering and researching gwion (bradshaw) art in the Kimberley, Western Australia - Joc Schmiechen; Rock art research in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India - Sujitha Pillai; Historical overview of Mongolian rock art studies - Byambasuren Tseren; A history of rock art research in Russia - Irina Ponomareva.