First of all, CAVE PAINTINGS are the paintings on cave or rock walls or ceilings. It is supposed that the drawings were made by respected elders or shamans. Most common themes were large wild animals, tracing of human hands, and abstract patterns. On the contrary drawings of humans were rare.
- A cave painting found in Chauvet Cave located in France. It's depicting lions that are hunting bisons.
- Another painting that was found in Chauvet Cave. The animals in the painting are horses, bisons, and rhinos.
- This hand tracings are from the Cave of Hands located in Patagonia, Argentina.
Another means of expressing thoughts that time were PETROGLYPHS. They are images carved in rocks. Their importance is that they were the form of pre-writing symbols used in communication. In later years other writing systems began to appear such as PICTOGRAPHS and IDEOGRAMS. By the way, there is an obvious difference between petroglyphs and pictographs: Petroglyphs are carved into rocks, while pictographs are painted on to rocks.
- Example of a pertoglyph located in Moab, Utah .
- Example of a pictograph located in Southern Utah.
GEOGLYPHS are the drawings on the ground that are usually much more bigger than four meters. They were made by either arranging stones or by removing some of the surface of the ground. Most sommon themes were stylized animal figures and abstract shapes.
THE UFFINGTON WHITE HORSE
Location: Uffington, Oxfordshire, England
Created: c. 1000 BC
Length: 105.5m
Width: 29.5m
Making Method: Carving in turf to reveal underlying chalk
WHEELS
Location: They stretch from Syria to Saudi Arabia (approximately there are 1000 of them)
Created: c. 2000 BC
Diameter: 25m to 75m.
Making Method: With stones
THE PARACAS CANDELABRA
Location: Pisco Bay, Paracas Peninsular, Peru
Created: c. 200 BC
Length: 182m
Width: 76.5m
Making Method: Excavation of sandy soil later edged with stones
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