Posted on 10/22/2023 9:34:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
In Puerto Rican caves, there are three types of art: petroglyphs (carved into the rock), pyroglyphs (drawn from the burnt remnants of objects), and pictographs, or cave drawings. Acosta-Colon says these pictograph drawings are in organic black material, perfect for radiocarbon dating...
The earliest pictographs of abstract, geometrical shapes were dated to ca. 700–400 BCE, coinciding with the Archaic Age...
They found that more anthropological-type drawings—with simple shapes of human bodies—were drawn between 200 and 400 CE. "We have gaps of time and that's interesting because we don't know what happened," says Acosta-Colon...
The research team also found more detailed human and animal drawings that were created between 700 and 800 CE. These types of drawings continued throughout the next century, extending through European colonization (around 1500 CE), and include images of horses, ships, and other animals.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
Angel Acosta-Colon (shown here) poses with a number of pictographs, including an unusual find—an animal that looks like a lion. He speculates that this may be the first cave art drawn by slaves that were brought to the island during Spanish colonization.Credit: A. Acosta-Colon.
The reason for the gaps? Arrival of later groups of PreColumbian people, who annihilated and/or absorbed whomever was already there.
Period.
CE?
BCE?
The elites have decided to erase Christ from our history. No more BC or AD.
The pictoglyphs are easy to translate. “I like the isle of Manhattan. Smoke that in your pipe and put that in.”
I like to be in America
Okay, buy me in America
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America
They landed on the island and then all moved to New York to work as an extra on West Side Story.
Before Common Era.
Woke BS
Let’s see how that works out for them.
/Jesus is!
;^)
My my, what a surprise, another pro-Russian troll.
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Looks as though they were making preliminary drawings to stage The Lion King Musical. :-)
I spent a week in Puerto Rico many years ago. Traveled all over, but don’t recall these caves. Island was beautiful and safe then, people charming.
But now, if you take a Caribbean cruise, you’re advised to NOT go ashore in PR because it’s so dangerous.
A travel agent told me I could spend six nights in Puerto Rico. No days, just nights. I said to him, ‘What will I do with myself days?’ He said, ‘Do whatever you want, just keep out of Puerto Rico.’” - Rodney Dangerfield
I didn’t realize that Puerto Ricans were graffitiing things up so far back.
I hate bce.
The level of details on these drawings is impressive, such as the fuzzy dice hanging from the horses' necks.
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