XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:52:04 +0000, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
      
   > rbowman  writes:   
   >> On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:45:11 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:   
   >>> On 1/11/26 19:19, c186282 wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>    Alas without detailed records we may find old THINGS,   
   >>>>    but what they MEANT, their context, is forever lost. That's just   
   >>>>    half a view of 'history'.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> "It's a ritual object."   
   >>   
   >> I've heard some fascinating explanations for the petroglyphs in the US   
   >> west. My personal explanation is the tribe sent bored teenagers up to a   
   >> lookout where lacking cellphones they chipped away at the rocks.   
   >   
   > You may not be that far off. Have a read of _The Nature Of Paelolithic   
   > Art_ (R. Dale Guthrie) - it’s not short but if you’re interested in that   
   > sort of thing, it’d be time well spent.   
   >   
   > https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/311260.html has a copy of the   
   > introduction.   
      
   'sniggers and giggles'.  Okay. Some of the Venus figurines definitely look   
   like the work of a horny teenager without the benefit of AI.   
      
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