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Prehistoric rock art maps cosmological belief

Pieces of rock art dot the Appalachian Mountains, and a new research by University of Tennessee researchers found each engraving or drawing is strategically placed to reveal a cosmological puzzle. Recently, the discoveries of prehistoric rock art have become more common. With these discoveries comes a single giant one-all these drawings and engravings map the prehistoric peoples' cosmological ...
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Prehistoric rock art maps cosmological belief

Pieces of rock art dot the Appalachian Mountains, and a new research by University of Tennessee researchers found each engraving or drawing is strategically placed to reveal a cosmological puzzle.

Recently, the discoveries of prehistoric rock art have become more common. With these discoveries comes a single giant one-all these drawings and engravings map the prehistoric peoples' cosmological world.

The researchers proposed that rock art changed the natural landscape to reflect a three-dimensional universe central to the religion of the prehistoric Mississippian period.

"Our findings provide a window into what Native American societies were like beginning more than 6,000 years ago," said Jan Simek, president emeritus of the UT system and a distinguished professor of science, who led the research.

"They tell us that the prehistoric peoples in the Cumberland Plateau, a section of the Appalachian Mountains, used the rather distinctive upland environment to map their conceptual universe onto the natural world in which they lived," Simek stated.

Simek and his team analyzed 44 open-air art sites where the art is exposed to light and 50 cave art sites in the Cumberland Plateau using nondestructive, high-tech tools, such as a high-resolution laser scanner. ...