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Rock art. so what's that all about then. ?
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Re: Rock art. so what's that all about then. ?
Aug 02, 2010, 11:21
revnox wrote:
Maps!


This is a common response , problems are coming up with a one that works ,i.e. find an example of rock art that maps the local terrain or sky ,or anywhere else for that matter .
Often rock art panels are found in clumps and are quite different from each other ,which is the map and what are the others if not maps i.e. they can't all be maps of the local terrain because they differ so much .
What would be the point of probably the most common motif in rock art , the single cup mark , what sort of a map is that ?
Why assume the engravers had a need or inclination or even thought of the landscape in the birds eye view manner of map?
Maps tend to be portable ,they are not much use when static .
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