Decoding Rock Art
(naturalists/anthropologists/archaeologists)
Man has lived off the land since his beginning, gaining essential knowledge about the biology of the plants and animals he relied on. He built celestial calendars to gauge their appearances, recorded when and where they would be present in his rock art and wove the directions on how to best harvest them into his stories. He primarily timed his foraging around the sun and moon as evidenced in his calendars. Author Bernie Taylor offers the explanation in his book Biological Time that the plants and animals he pursued are entrained to reliable solar and lunar cues. Taylor also provides evidence that prehistoric man in France recorded this knowledge 17,000 years ago on the walls of caves and that the Tribal people in the Columbia River Basin followed these principles until recent times. Part of the proof can be found in the petroglyphs at Horsethief Lake State park which mark the Winter Solstice and other times of the year. The program brings together biological, historical, archaeological and astronomical evidence from around the globe and takes us back in time to understand why man has long looked to the skies for answers to the world around him.
Bernie Taylor is the author of Biological Time.
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