Cave Art Reveals Ancient View of Cosmos [1]

Space.com - 6/27/13, Miriam Kramer

The image drawn in this black charcoal pictograph found in a Tennessee cave is also found on prehistoric, religious artifacts.
CREDIT: Jan Simek, Alan Cressler, Nicholas Herrmann and Sarah Sherwood / Antiquity Publications LTD.
 

Some of the oldest art in the United States maps humanity's place in the cosmos, as aligned with an ancient religion.

A team of scientists has uncovered a series of engravings and drawings strategically placed in open air and within caves by prehistoric groups of Native American settlers that depict their cosmological understanding of the world around them.

Link: Space.com [2]