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Discovering ancient cave art using 3D photogrammetry: pre-contact Native American mud glyphs from 19th Unnamed Cave, Alabama

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[cambridge.org]

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skado 9 May 4
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Fascinating but no sound?

Possibly because the original artist have long dead and gone, LOL.
And instead, imo, we'd be hearing some modern jerk-off proclaiming that were made as religious symbols to honour ancient gods and deities, etc, etc.
Which the go to default of 90-99% of most Archaeologists and Anthropologists still these days most unfortunately

No sound. It's a computer-constructed visual made from multiple layered photographs
(if I understand correctly). The technology is explained better in the article.

Sorry meant to be reply to comment by @skado below just above/prior to the one posted by @bobwjr, my apologies for placing in wrong position.
@skado As far as I'm aware there was not much in the way agriculture amongst the majority of indigenous Northern American Indian Nations, a bit with, as far as I know, amongst the Cherokee and the others tribes that were once known as the 5 Civilized Tribes on the east coast but most inland they were still basically hunter-gatherers with a few minor exceptions.
btw, fyi, I am part Cherokee and part Navajo Indian.

@Triphid
Yeah, I don't know much about that particular piece of history/prehistory.
Just going by what the article said:
"All chronological data, therefore, point to human activity in the cave during the Woodland period, and specifically the Middle and Late Woodland periods. This was a time when food production and sedentary residential patterns, which had first developed independently in the region several centuries earlier, began to replace mobile foraging as the primary lifeway.'

@skado the article was great too, and I am glad to know i do not need to call The Geek Squad, thanks.

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Very nice, what is the estimated age, etc, of the designs?
In Australia we have similar, both rock face etchings and paintings that are dated back some 20+ THOUSAND years and more.

Triphid Level 9 May 4, 2022

I think they said these were dated from one to three thousand years ago.

@skado Fairlyrecent then speaking in the terms of human settlement after the REAL exodus of early Home Sapiens from the African continent.

@Triphid

Yes. Already transitioning from hunting/gathering to early agriculture.

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Awesome

bobwjr Level 10 May 4, 2022