Pictograph | Rock art precedent Under sheltering overhang Pigment message from past |
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he creative drive to make images is an ancient human force. Pictography is the application of pigments on rock surfaces. The continued existence of ancient paintings is attributable to the use of mineral pigments such as manganese, hematite, malachite, gypsum, limonite, clays and various oxides. This particular pictograph almost certainly is not very old, but looks to have been made by a primitive being. Interestingly, the most common rock art symbols found around the world are representations of the human hand.
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