Taking Inventory We’ve visited a lot of caves in Northern Europe in the past two years. So far, we’ve recorded the symbols at 52 rock art sites. We’ve found some of the oldest art in the world. We didn’t fi nd much in El Portillo. But at Cudon, things were diff erent. T e fi rst art we see is just inside the entrance. It’s a long row of large, red dots that run the length of the wall. An ancient, underground river
carved out this cave. T e passageways are tall and wide. In one chamber, we see a single handprint in the pink shade that we saw at El Portillo.
This handprint was made by rubbing iron oxide over a hand pressed to the wall.
Further in, we see another row of red dots. Gustavo takes us deeper into the cave. Soon, we’re crawling across a fl oor of jagged rock. We look up and see a set of three, long dashes. T ey look like someone dragged their fi ngertips across the ceiling.
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Were these shapes used to record or count something?
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