内蒙古鸿德文理学院中国北方岩画研究所， 是“中国岩画学之父”盖山林先生倡导并由甲骨文专家周玉树教授鼎力支持下，建立的内蒙古乃至中国北方第一家专门从事岩画研究的实体机构。目前研究所由国内著名的岩画专家陈兆复、盖山林、李祥石等为名誉所长，研究所现有硕士生导师三名、客座教授六名，硕士研究生三名，从事岩画和相关文史及文物鉴赏的教学与研究工作。研究所瞄准目前国内前沿课题，各自独立、各有分工、专项推进。承担着岩画艺术鉴赏，人文历史及文物鉴赏等教学任务。同时开展了三皇岩画的发现研究、新石器早中晚期岩画的分期研究，北方重要的彩陶谱系研究、火神等原始宗教归类谱系研究等工作，并取得初步成果。目前中国最早的三皇体系研究、中国史前蹴鞠岩画研究，中国火神岩画及交流传承研究、新石器早期岩画断代研究等工作已经走到了国内此方面研究的前列，其研究成果在国内主流期刊发表，并被新华社、中新社等国内外媒体进行重点报道。

Thanks to Mr. Gai Shanlin, who is known as the father of China rock art, and the support of Professor Zhou Yushu, North China Rock Art Research Institute of Honder College of Inner Mongolia Normal University, , has been established as the first entity body that is engaged in the rock art research in the north China. The institute was founded in March, 2014 and is honored to have Chen Zhaofu, Ge Shanlin, Li Xiangshi, the famous Chinese rock art experts, as honorary chiefs. Currently, there are 3 postgraduate tutors, 6 guest professors and 3 postgraduates working in this institute. The institute focuses on frontier subject of rock art in China, and undertakes the task of teaching the courses of rock art appreciation and cultural relic appreciation; meanwhile, the institute has discovered and studied the “three emperors” rock art, the age-old religion system of China. It also conducts the research in the rock art of Neolithic period, the genealogy of ancient painting pottery in northern China and the genealogy of primitive religion classification like "God of fire", and has achieved positive results. The research work of this institute is at the forefront of Chinese rock art study and its research results are published in the Chinese mainstream journals and reported by Chinese and Foreign media.

内蒙古电视台2015年11月29日晚间新闻，播报了内蒙古师范大学鸿德学院中国北方岩画研究所加入世界岩画组织的消息。

Report  from Inner Mongolia TV Station

周玉树教授和吴甲才教授参加宁夏国际岩画高峰论坛并在大会上发言Professor Zhou Yushu and Professor Wu Jiacai attended Ningxia International Rock Art Summit and made a speech.

岩画研究所办公地点：内蒙古鸿德文理学院史前书院，研究人员：陈国芳、赵铁等