Deciphering a Neanderthal cave painting

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xoggoth replied

6 March 2018, 11:59
Looks like someone sitting on a very high toilet. But then everything looks rude to me.
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Eirikur replied

6 March 2018, 11:31
was the painting signed by a <b-word>eer?
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WTFH replied

6 March 2018, 11:23
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

the weird figure on the right,

Looks like Little Nellie to me.
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OwlHoot replied

6 March 2018, 10:38
Hmm, well the oven reply was quite funny. But I'm quite disappointed nobody has suggested any serious alternative explanations for the weird figure on the right, and for the blob at the base.
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vetran replied

6 March 2018, 00:02
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

Come on - he's not that artistic.

its male bison so full of Bull?
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SueEllen replied

5 March 2018, 23:23
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

One of your own works, is it?

Come on - he's not that artistic.
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darmstadt replied

5 March 2018, 21:34
Originally posted by RSoles View Post

Fan assisted oven.
Roast Beef in the main oven, Pork in the grill.
The wavey line is aroma mmmmmmmm.

So a Neanderthal Bisto advert then?
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Platypus replied

5 March 2018, 20:17
Originally posted by RSoles View Post

Fan assisted oven.
Roast Beef in the main oven, Pork in the grill.
The wavey line is aroma mmmmmmmm.

funny as f--- !
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NotAllThere replied

5 March 2018, 18:38
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

Deciphering a Neanderthal cave painting

One of your own works, is it?
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RSoles replied

5 March 2018, 17:49
Fan assisted oven.
Roast Beef in the main oven, Pork in the grill.
The wavey line is aroma mmmmmmmm.
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OwlHoot started a topic Deciphering a Neanderthal cave painting

5 March 2018, 16:50
Deciphering a Neanderthal cave painting

Reading an interesting article on Neanderthal cave art, one of NickFitz's links today:

2018-02-22 How we discovered that Neanderthals could make art

and was trying to work out what the following painting represented:

Fairly obviously the dots represent a herd of bison or similar, moving in a long narrow formation.

The kink half-way down the herd is presumably the result of some diversion caused by the hunters, to crowd and confuse the herd in the middle so they slow down.

The "ladder" which the article refers to is just a more symbolic representation of the herd, showing three "zones": the square containing the rear of an animal represents the back of the herd, and the lowest box, containing an animal's front denotes the front of the herd.

The strange figure on the right of the ladder is half-way down the herd, and I reckon is supposed to represent a hunter or group of them waving firebrands to spook the herd into veering sideways (i.e. the kink in the top diagram).

Sound plausible?

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