For their research, the UW and Harvard - Smithsonian scientists analyzed radiocarbon dates from Wyoming and Colorado that were recovered predominantly from charcoal hearths, which provide a direct record of
prehistoric human activity.
Not exact matches
Although researchers can only speculate on what
prehistoric artists were trying to express, hypotheses range from shamanistic and ritualistic
activities to attempts to capture the spirit of horses and other animals that ancient
humans hunted.
The rock shelter has seen phases of
human activity from the Mesolithic to the medieval period, with its
prehistoric rock paintings known to be the highest painted representations of animals (quadrupeds) in Europe.
Historians suggest the site of the Citadella has been at the heart of
human activity on Gozo since
prehistoric times.