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Nearly 5,000 Pre-Hispanic Cave Paintings Found in Tamaulipas, Mexico
Hispanically Speaking ^ | May 24, 2013 | INAH

Posted on 05/26/2013 8:45:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Anthropologists from Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH) have announced the discovery of nearly 5,000 cave paintings in Sierra de San Carlos in the town of Burgos in the state of Tamaulipas.

The cave paintings are thought to have been made by Pre-Hispanic hunter-gatherer groups that roamed the region. The paintings were located in 11 different sites in Burgos, which sits 100 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. The paintings tell the story of nomadic life dominated by hunting , fishing and gathering. The drawings contain symbols representing religious activity tied to astronomical occurrences. Researchers noted that the paintings show the local flora and fauna including images of deer and lizards.

One of the images discovered is the ancient atlatl weapon. This type of weapon was developed in the Upper Paleolithic period, about 20,000 years ago.

The cultural components of the cave will be studied across the 11 different sites in Burgos. INAH has been studying and cataloging this incredible find over the last two years.

Pigment samples are being studied to help determine the date of the paintings. Prior to the discovery of the cave paintings there were no records of an ancient society occupying the region. Experts believe Neanderthals that roamed the earth 40,000 years ago were the first cave painters.

The discovery will help Mexican anthropologists learn more about the earliest civilizations that occupied the country.

(Excerpt) Read more at hispanicallyspeakingnews.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; mexico; tamaulipas
Imágenes realizadas por grupos de cazadores-recolectores de la región han sido localizadas en oquedades y cañadas de la Sierra de San Carlos, municipio de Burgos, de esa entidad.

Identifican 5 mil pinturas rupestres en Tamaulipas

1 posted on 05/26/2013 8:45:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Click the pic for the Spanish-language original.

can’t use this one:

Archaeologists uncover nearly 5,000 cave paintings in Burgos, Mexico
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/archaeologists-uncover-nearly-5000-cave-paintings-in-burgos-mexico-8629253.html


2 posted on 05/26/2013 8:46:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


3 posted on 05/26/2013 8:46:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Great find, thanks.


4 posted on 05/26/2013 8:47:15 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“The drawings contain symbols representing religious activity tied to astronomical occurrences.”

Amazing how these ancient civilizations, primitive as they were, have a belief in God of some sort and an awareness of astronomy.

The human mind, ever intelligent, going many many years back.


5 posted on 05/26/2013 8:50:52 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh, for the last time, I only drew a few doodles the last time I was down there!


6 posted on 05/26/2013 8:59:55 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: SunkenCiv

Hmmmm...who among the “Native Americans” used atlatls?


7 posted on 05/26/2013 9:06:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin

A whole bunch of them. The word itself is Nahuatl or Aztec.

I have no idea why they didn’t advance to the much more efficient bow. Massed archers could have put a real crimp into the Spanish conquest, though I suppose stone tips would have been ineffective against armor.


8 posted on 05/26/2013 9:15:36 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: SunkenCiv
Hispanic Cave Painting

They're still at it:

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9 posted on 05/26/2013 9:18:08 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (People are idiots.)
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To: Beowulf9
The paintings tell the story of nomadic life dominated by hunting , fishing and gathering.

In many ways they were way ahead of us. Nowadays you have to work until retirement to be able to have a nomadic life dominated by hunting , fishing and gathering.

10 posted on 05/26/2013 9:21:09 PM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: BenLurkin
Hmmmm...who among the “Native Americans” used atlatls?

Quite a lot, actually, and it was still in use by some in post Colombian times.

11 posted on 05/26/2013 9:21:57 PM PDT by Sparticus (Tar and feathers for the next dumb@ss Republican that uses the word bipartisanship.)
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To: SunkenCiv

12 posted on 05/26/2013 9:24:15 PM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

ok obviously the Hispanics stole Mexico from the neaderthals so aztlan is full of it...


13 posted on 05/26/2013 9:40:10 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: blam
Detail from the west wall of the Hunting Shrine at Level V [Catal Huyuk], showing individually characterized, bearded men in leopard skins teasing a stag.

Detail from the west wall of the Hunting Shrine at Level V [Catal Huyuk], showing individually characterized, bearded men in leopard skins teasing a stag.

14 posted on 05/26/2013 10:18:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: BenLurkin

———who among the “Native Americans” used atlatls?-——

The warriors using atlatls as weapons obviously


15 posted on 05/27/2013 4:52:29 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....Obama Denies Role in Government)
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To: Jeff Chandler

The style (overwriting previous cave painting) is the same as well.


16 posted on 05/27/2013 5:22:20 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: BenLurkin

“Hmmmm...who among the “Native Americans” used atlatls?”— I have no idea, Ben Lurkin. What is the answer to your question?


17 posted on 05/30/2013 1:33:31 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: RedHeeler

Scroll down the comments. There are number of replies.


18 posted on 05/30/2013 2:09:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s it? You ask a question, that no one has answered. Thanks, for the oatmeal, BennyLurkin.


19 posted on 05/30/2013 4:35:10 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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