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Parallel bands of dots and a complex sign. Detail of painting in the cave of Castillo (ca. 15,000 BP).
The sinuous band suggests a river and the centralized sign a settlement on the river. Analysis of the entire composition confirms this hypothesis. |
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Seven dots (cupules) in Cosquer (ca. 23,000 BP).
The association of this panel with a convincing image of the celestial bull--Taurus--allows us to identify it as the Pleiades star cluster. |
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"P"-shaped, engraved signs. Detail of composition in Tuc d'Audoubert (ca. 15,000 BP).
Great numbers of uniform "month"-signs in orderly rows suggest a specific , luni-solar calendar for eight years. |
