Prehistoric Amazonian Rock Art Analyzed
Archaeology Magazine ^
| July 26, 2024
| unattributed / editors
Posted on 08/01/2024 5:17:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
According to a statement released by the University of Exeter, an international team of researchers, including Mark Robinson and Jose Iriarte of the University of Exeter and Javier Aceituno of the University of Antioquia, compared images of animals found in the Colombian Amazon on Cerro Azul in the Serranía de la Lindosa with animal bones uncovered in nearby archaeological excavations. The rock art images, drawn with ocher on 16 rock panels on a remote hilltop, are estimated to be about 12,500 years old. Study of the animal remains revealed that the prehistoric population consumed a diverse diet of fish, mammals, and reptiles. But the proportions of the numbers of animal bones did not correspond with the prevalence of 22 different animals, such as deer, birds, peccary, lizards, turtles, and tapir, represented in the more than 3,000 images on the six rock art panels in the study. Robinson and his colleagues therefore suggest that the artwork is not about hunting. Rather, the researchers noted that some of the figures combine human and animal characteristics. They think that the artwork may reflect a complex mythology of transformation between animal and human states, perhaps similar to mythologies present within modern Amazonian communities. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: amazon; godsgravesglyphs; precolumbian
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posted on 08/01/2024 5:17:33 PM PDT
by SunkenCiv
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posted on 08/01/2024 5:18:04 PM PDT
by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Most rock art was created by children who were told to “go out and play.” This looks like a blackboard used to teach kids about the world.
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posted on 08/01/2024 5:26:25 PM PDT
by SubMareener
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posted on 08/01/2024 5:31:58 PM PDT
by Beowulf9
To: SubMareener
Most rock art was created by children who were told to “go out and play.”
🤭
Don’t tell these folks, they’re probably under enough stress already:
“They think that the artwork may reflect a complex mythology of transformation between animal and human states, perhaps similar to mythologies present within modern Amazonian communities. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.”
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posted on 08/01/2024 5:34:41 PM PDT
by Ezekiel
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To: SunkenCiv
It’s amazing what you can get on Amazon these days.
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posted on 08/01/2024 5:39:41 PM PDT
by chrisser
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To: All
Although the work is not signed, I can say with confidence it’s not a Bob Ross piece.
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posted on 08/01/2024 5:47:04 PM PDT
by BipolarBob
(Depressed? Do what I did, replace your mirrors with “You Look Great!” signs.)
To: SubMareener
a complex mythology of transformation between animal and human states
They had evolutionary theory back then?
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posted on 08/01/2024 6:20:19 PM PDT
by Migraine
( )
To: SunkenCiv
Amazing how much stuff dates back to about 12,500 years ago.
Almost life something catastrophic force people to adapt to their changing environment.
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posted on 08/01/2024 6:43:55 PM PDT
by texas booster
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To: SunkenCiv
It says “you are what you eat.”
FWIW, ocher is one heck of a pigment.
They’re going to need to sandblast that because pressure washing isn’t going to cut it.
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posted on 08/01/2024 7:09:06 PM PDT
by TigersEye
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To: BipolarBob
“I can say with confidence it’s not a Bob Ross piece.”
I couldn’t find a parody of Bob Ross doing cave art…
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posted on 08/01/2024 7:22:15 PM PDT
by PLMerite
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To: SunkenCiv
Well, that’s one way of getting out of doing chores. But not creative/artistic enough to use a variety of colors.
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posted on 08/01/2024 7:39:41 PM PDT
by bgill
To: PLMerite
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posted on 08/01/2024 7:56:19 PM PDT
by BipolarBob
(Depressed? Do what I did, replace your mirrors with “You Look Great!” signs.)
To: bgill
Looks like the tribe did all of that in a short time frame, and then moved on. Or ran out of rock face. :^)
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posted on 08/01/2024 7:59:24 PM PDT
by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on 08/02/2024 2:24:05 AM PDT
by Adder
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To: SunkenCiv
How did they get up there?
And be stable long enough to create those intricate drawings?…………………
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posted on 08/02/2024 5:09:54 AM PDT
by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Magic mushrooms — they levitated right up there. ;^)
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posted on 08/02/2024 5:42:15 AM PDT
by SunkenCiv
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To: Adder
That reminds me, when is my delivery due…
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posted on 08/02/2024 5:43:59 AM PDT
by SunkenCiv
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