Were you pinged to this article ?
Interesting theory.
I’ve always suspected it was usually the shaman or the equivalent doing the paintings, Otherwise 80% of the rocks out west would be decorated. With as many people that lived in various continents over the millennia, if anyone who wanted to tried to do a rock drawing or three how many bare rocks would we see?
Pick a society. Greek, Roman, Viking, Spanish...how many people have lived there over he past 10,000 years? Millions? Hundreds of millions?
How many bare rocks would you see anywhere if everyone, over the past 10,000 years, just like we do today tried to decorate the walls?
I don’t see it. Similar to the Native American cultures, I think it was most likely the Shaman or Priest, whatever designation was used, who was responsible for rock art, whatever it’s quality.
The one exception I think may be places like the Egyptian tombs and such, those were more likely done by hired artists.
This one is similar to many in the American West. I would place it in the shaman category. This would probably be the location of the meeting, and this is the ancient equivalent of the historical markers on our highways. But much more revered at that time.
I was, and I thought I’d pinged the list, guess I missed. Thanks fmdj.