Posted on 05/31/2021 10:23:52 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
The carvings, which depict two male red deer with full-grown antlers and several thought to be young deer, were discovered by chance in Kilmartin Glen in Argyll, home to one of the UK’s richest accumulations of neolithic and bronze age sites.
Archaeologists estimate the carvings are between 4,000 and 5,000 years old, a period which spans the neolithic and early bronze age, and are the first in the UK located alongside prehistoric cup and ring markings found throughout Kilmartin Glen.
The deer were found by Hamish Fenton, an amateur archaeologist from Oxfordshire who was visiting the area, and who was exploring Dunchraigaig cairn, a bronze age burial mound, one evening.
(Excerpt) Read more at amp.theguardian.com ...
Pretty cool. Living in a cave is pretty boring I would imagine, when you’re not busy fixing or creating tools you need to survive. Wall drawing must have been a welcome pastime. Cool find
Not a mere pastime. The images were probably carved by shamans as a form of sympathetic magic, hoping to encourage a bountiful hunt.
I want a red deer carving in my tomb.
I thjnk they were done by Pebble Picasso
I enlarged the first photo and can’t find diddly squat that looks like anything show in the illustrated enhanced image.
Wow. I see it without enlarging it.
I’m still trying to figure out how the poodle with a pinky showed up in the lower right hand corner.
I so much agree with you! I was able to find much better photos.
I hate having to go after this sort of thing myself. I don't know why publishers are willing to publish trash.
I see now that the photo from the Guardian was just the head of the one deer with antlers.
Maybe Pebble Picaso’s Brother Poodle sneaked his own drawing in there when noone was looking?
That antler leapt out immediately.
I see a smiley face on the left side of bottom photo.
Yup it’s an emoji. 🤪
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