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.
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 ...
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.
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
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Great find, thanks.
“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.
Oh, for the last time, I only drew a few doodles the last time I was down there!
Hmmmm...who among the “Native Americans” used atlatls?
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.
They're still at it:
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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.
Quite a lot, actually, and it was still in use by some in post Colombian times.
ok obviously the Hispanics stole Mexico from the neaderthals so aztlan is full of it...
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.
———who among the “Native Americans” used atlatls?-——
The warriors using atlatls as weapons obviously
The style (overwriting previous cave painting) is the same as well.
“Hmmmm...who among the “Native Americans” used atlatls?”— I have no idea, Ben Lurkin. What is the answer to your question?
Scroll down the comments. There are number of replies.
That’s it? You ask a question, that no one has answered. Thanks, for the oatmeal, BennyLurkin.
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![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.](http://humanpast.net/images/catalwall.jpg)