cavetalk·10 months ago·discussI think these cave drawings are a global written language, not a universal spoken language.- Smushed oval is water, because it looks like a water drop from the side.- Hand is a person or family or tribe.- Hand surrounded by circle is what is around us, water around us, swim.- Jagged line is danger. Having to dart back-and-forth to get away from a predator or rough sharp rocks.- Small filled circles are rocks.- Large circle is large body of water.- Group of open circles is area that gets rain or is wet.- Vertical lines are a penetrable forest.- Crosshatch is an impenetrable area.- Three lines up to point are a place to gather/sleep/have a fire.- Four lines coming up is fire/dry brush to make fire.- Horizontal line is a plain/flat area.- U-shape is a significant valley or dip.- Tree-branch looking thing means a place to get wood for fire.- Snake symbol is snake/going around obstacles/not a direct path.- Lines covered by line at top is a hut/shelter, because it's made with trees.- The spiral is home/where to go/journey.- The X is a rest spot or a place where things are put. People had to be on top of each other for warmth, and spears/tools may go in a pile.- The rectangle with bent top is ocean, deep water, or pit with water.
- Smushed oval is water, because it looks like a water drop from the side.
- Hand is a person or family or tribe.
- Hand surrounded by circle is what is around us, water around us, swim.
- Jagged line is danger. Having to dart back-and-forth to get away from a predator or rough sharp rocks.
- Small filled circles are rocks.
- Large circle is large body of water.
- Group of open circles is area that gets rain or is wet.
- Vertical lines are a penetrable forest.
- Crosshatch is an impenetrable area.
- Three lines up to point are a place to gather/sleep/have a fire.
- Four lines coming up is fire/dry brush to make fire.
- Horizontal line is a plain/flat area.
- U-shape is a significant valley or dip.
- Tree-branch looking thing means a place to get wood for fire.
- Snake symbol is snake/going around obstacles/not a direct path.
- Lines covered by line at top is a hut/shelter, because it's made with trees.
- The spiral is home/where to go/journey.
- The X is a rest spot or a place where things are put. People had to be on top of each other for warmth, and spears/tools may go in a pile.
- The rectangle with bent top is ocean, deep water, or pit with water.