17,100-year-old rock art in Gower's Bacon Hole cave confirmed as Britain's earliest prehistoric engravings
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Anna Lewis, Neil Prior
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Rock art discovered in 1912 in Bacon Hole cave on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, has been confirmed as Britain's earliest known prehistoric art, dating back 17,100 years. The engravings, dismissed for decades as natural phenomena, were re-examined by Dr. George Nash and his team using modern techniques. The art likely served as a communication system rather than decorative art, and its meaning remains mysterious to modern researchers.
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· 2 pulledWe, in our 21st Century mindset, call it art, but at 17,100 years ago BP (before present), it probably was a communication system, for example...
It's something which is way beyond our comprehension, and that's the...
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