MP Gallery - Markings, Signs, Graphemes; g) bachokirodesignMiddle Paleolithic symbol makers appear to have innovated a new grapheme, the 'zigzag' mark motif. So far one securely dated example is known, Bacho-Kiro:
It is shown below. As it does in later prehistoric and more recent traditions, it may signify,, lightning, communication or power connection between upper world and this world, heaven and earth. Negative drawing: Wikipedia Commons (public domain). |