岩画作为古代文化遗存,在世界各大洲均有分布。在这些人类居住生活的地方,先民们通过岩画这种载体记录他们的社会生活、经济活动,表达他们对世界的理解和认识。因此,我们能够凭借对岩画的研究来了解早期人类的创作意图,以再现当时的社会历史与文化面貌。这样,岩画研究的重要性也就显而易见。岩画的科学研究始于20世纪初。时至今日,世界岩画的研究已日趋完善,众多的岩画解释理论和假说被创立,岩画的整理和分析也更加系统。不过,相比较而言,中国 Rock paintings, as ancient cultural relics, are distributed on all continents. In these places where human beings live, their ancestors recorded their social life and economic activities through rock paintings, and expressed their understanding and understanding of the world. Therefore, by virtue of the study of rock paintings, we can understand the creative intention of early humans to reproduce the social history and culture of the time. In this way, the importance of petroglyph studies is obvious. Rock paintings of scientific research began in the early 20th century. Nowadays, the study of the world rock paintings has been perfected. Many theories and hypotheses about the explanation of the rock paintings have been created. The arrangement and analysis of rock paintings are also more systematic. However, in comparison, China