Discover the most ancient mysterious carvings of North America

Scientists have discovered the oldest rock carvings in North America dating back at least 10,000 years and are trying to decode them.

Ancient carvings on the rock at the bottom of a shallow lake in Nevada, USA have been confirmed as the oldest ancient stone carvings in North America created at least 10,000 years ago.

The carvings were discovered on limestone blocks near Lake Pyramid in the Nevada desert similar to those discovered in an Oregon lake dating back to 7,600 years.

Unlike later engravings that depict a spear or antelope, these carvings are highly abstract with tightly bound geometric shapes, some with diamond shapes, others are straight lines. Short parallel on a longer road.

The area discovered ancient carvings on the stone

Scientists cannot know exactly who created these carvings, but they are found on the Paiute's conservation land at the Pyramid lake.

Eugene Hattori, director of anthropology at Nevada State Museum, said: 'At first we thought that people 12,000 or 10,000 years ago were primitive, but the ability to express art and technology of they are manifested through these engravings, drawing a very different picture. "

After experimenting with measuring radioactive carbon to date these etchings, geochemist Larry Benson said these patterns could be created 14,800 years ago.

Geochemical data and sediment samples at Lake Pyramid show that these engravings were exposed to air from 13,200 to 14,800 years ago, and then again weathered from 10,500 to 11,300 years ago.

"Although they are 14,800 years old or 10,500 years old, they are still the oldest figures discovered in North America," said Benson scientist at Colorado Natural History University .

Close up of mysterious carvings

Archaeologist Dennis Jenkins of the University of Oregon considered this an extremely important finding. The patterns in Nevada and Oregon are quite deep, mainly circular or curved geometric designs, some expressing the 'free' style of drawing with a series of equally spaced V separated by a line straight.

The researchers suggest that these carvings represent different meteorological symbols, such as clouds and thunderstorms, or possibly galaxies. However, in addition to information about chronology, all these ideas are only conjectures of scientists.

Mr. Ben Aleck, collectible director at the Paiute Museum of Lake Pyramid, said he could not give any comment about these carvings without the permission of the elders in the tribe.