DECODING PREHISTORIC ART

Dear colleagues and friends,
Why did prehistoric people produce visual art? The general concept
that prehistoric art (that is, what is currently defined as
prehistoric art) meant to communicate something has been repeatedly
formulated, but in over a century various attempts at defining exactly
what did not provide conclusive results. Now we can announce that a
decoding system allows us to read Paleolithic pictographic writing. A
new analytical system applies multi-disciplinary methods, including
linguistic and decrypting ones, to reach an understanding of the
syntactic logic of assemblages and sequences of graphemes.
An infinity of data is available about the existing documentation of
prehistoric art, defining the subjects represented, style, tools and
methods used for producing paintings and engravings, the process of
preparation of the colors, types of colors of the paintings, their
chemical analysis, their grinding and the binding systems and used
materials, the source of the colors (whether the paintings are made of
local raw materials or of exotic resources), the kind of surface
selected, methods of dating, association of art and material culture
assemblages, the kind of environment, the position of the artist while
executing the work of art, and much else. And then there are
analytical studies of typology, style, shapes, size and measurements,
similarities, typological variations, and what else.
The target was to discover the content, that is, the messages that the
graphic works intended to convey. Sophisticated algorithms led
nowhere. The breakthrough of decoding came from the identification of
the repetitive presence of three main grammatical forms defined as
pictograms, ideograms and psychograms, and of the variability of the
syntax of association between figures and symbols.
Paleolithic pictographic documents reveal trading systems of exchange
not only of edible products but also of women. Other documents report
on travel and journeys, mythical narrations, didactic tales and even
personal experiences that include sexual relations. One is likely to
testify the arrival of a group of people in Western Europe coming from
the east: a unique Paleolithic historical document including also the
names in use at the time of the human group involved, that of the land
of their origin and that of the region of their arrival.
In addition to the disruptive information of these documents, they
open up new chapters of the history of millennia before the beginning
of traditional history. A new landscape is emerging on the activities,
social relations and also feelings and values of Paleolithic society.
The decoding of this pictographic literature is assessing a turning
point: it is revealing facts, myths, agreements, personal relations,
going back up to over 40,000 years before the time that was considered
to mark the beginning of writing and history.
The first attempts at writing are millennia earlier than previously
thought. New chapters are being added to the history of humanity.
Thus, the story of writing is no longer what it used to be, and
history is suddenly penetrating thousands of years into prehistoric
periods.
 To see the presentation of the book:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PRNhpDIigh3XPZVOq4U8DVYlRZXKl-6F/view?usp=sharing
Cordial regards and best wishes
Alisa
Atelier Secretariat

For further information: <atelier.etnoògmail.com>

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