A stunning 4,000-year-old rock may indicate a previously unknown culture, offering new insights into ancient civilizations.
Rock art found in southeastern Venezuela may have come from a previously unknown culture. Researchers believe that the roughly 4,000-year-old art signifies a central dispersion point from which cultures spread throughout the region. Further searches of the area could produce additional art formations. Tucked in a mountainous region of southeastern Venezuela, newly discovered ancient rock art may be the work of a previously unknown group of people.
The geometric patterns include everything from lines of dots to rows of Xs to star-shaped patterns. These mix with more basic depictions of stick-figure people and leaves. The authors believe that the pictograms and petroglyphs could contribute to a broader understanding of the sociocultural context in which the people living in the remote area of northern South America would have existed, and could offer clues about how people spread through the region.
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