本书分为：岩画常识篇、岩画研究篇、岩画保护篇、岩画旅游篇、插图目录等。主要内容有：岩画是人类早期的文化遗存、欧洲最早著录的岩画、中国岩画及其分布、岩画学及其研究的对象和目的、可移动岩画的不可移动性、石头上的手印、借用石疤制作的岩画等。This book is divided into several sections, namely the general knowledge in rock paintings, the research into rock paintings, the protection of rock paintings, rock painting tour and illustrated catalogue, etc. Its mainly include: rock paintings being human's early culutural heritage, the earliest recorded rock painting in Europe, Chinese rock paintings and its distribution, the study on art paintings and its subjects and aims, the immovability of movable rock paintings, handprints on stones and rock paintings created with the use of scars on stones, etc.