GroundquestMSA wrote:
I often wonder how many works of prehistoric art are the doodlings of children. I see many similarities in style and subject matter when comparing ancient petroglyphs to drawings made by children over the past few centuries, which I regularly find in the margins of books and on the plaster of abandoned houses.
I'm convinced that many are exactly that: just doodles. Maybe the kids were bored while ma and pa went into the cave for some gypsum or something.
I've found a few that were obviously paleo, but were in little out of the way areas that would be pretty uncomfortable for an adult, but perfect for a child.
I think the same thing about arrowheads, spearpoints atlatl points etc. There are preforms, then there are the unfinished ones, then there are ones that were discarded and of poor quality that could have easily been when a youngster was learning how to make them.
Rocks can speak, but you have to listen carefully, and you never quite know what they're actually saying.