Researching Ancient Sites

 

Cave de Vinci




Buxu Cave, Cueva del Buxu, Spain



An Ancient Leonardo da Vinci


These cave paintings not only show artistic value but a clear need to understand anatomy. Shown below is an outline of a cave wall engraving from the Upper Solutrean to Magdalenian period approximately 16,000 – 11,500 BP. The photo under this diagram is the actual engraving.

Further down I have included a couple anatomy diagrams of a horse’s muscles.




Pictures from:  http://donsmaps.com/buxu.html


Buxu Cave, Cueva del Buxu, Spain
Highlighted image of the rock art.

Photo: Berenguer (1988) in: http://www.hispanista.org/libros/alibros/42/vers/lb42f.pdf


19,000 year old Leonardo da Vinci
Original rock engraving



Horse anatomy




Leonardo da Vinici Cave Art

Modern diagram superimposed over the ancient one to show similarities.  






Cueva del Pindal, Cantabria, Spain



Cueva del Pindal Cave Art


In the photo above you can see they recognized the importance of the heart, as one among the many organs in a body. They singled it out in the painting with a red inner view, at the left shoulder.    




Pictures from: http://donsmaps.com/cuevadelpindal.html

Mammoth painted in red with what appears to be a heart, painted in the same colour, at the left shoulder.

Photo: Berenguer (1994)


Mammoth


Mammoth painting with a red patch at the shoulder.

Photo: http://www.asturnatura.com/turismo/cueva-del-pindal/1156.html



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Also see: Interpretive Misconceptions of Petroglyphs PDF file