Have you ever seen hand prints in caves? (1 Viewer)

[athenaaa]

Hand stencils are often found deep in caves in unlit and hard-to-reach places, requiring intention and planning, suggesting that they had some special significance. They may have been indicators of danger, orientation signs, group identity symbols or markers of hidden goods in the cave.

Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of the Hands or Cave of Hands) is a cave and complex of rock art sites in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km (101 mi) south of the town of Perito Moreno. It is named for the hundreds of paintings of hands stenciled, in multiple collages, on the rock walls. The art was created in several waves between 7,300 BC and 700 AD, during the Archaic period of pre-Columbian South America. The age of the paintings was calculated from the remains of bone pipes used for spraying the paint on the wall of the cave to create the artwork, radiocarbon dating of the artwork, and stratigraphic​

 

[Harmony_Starz]

never went into a cave, I'm staying safe at home

 

[Ahsoka]

They look interesting

 

[dark_tranquility]

only handprints on my school wall we did,
Not in caves unfortunately