Signs of birth and death in pregnancy calendars of women and animals of the paleolithic era (semiotic analysis of drawings and signs Kapova cave of Bashkortostan)

Abstract

dars of pregnancy of animals and primitive women are recorded in the drawings and signs of the cave. A successful pregnancy calendar (trapezoid) contains the sign “Y”, which is the sign of birth of a child or cub. An unsuccessful pregnancy calendar (inverted trapezoid) contains the sign “ ⅄ ”– the sign of the death of the fetus or child. The death sign “ ⅄ ” next to the trapezoid means the death of the mother. It has been proven that the drawings and signs of the Kapova cave are drawn in accordance with the three-dimensional perception of space by primitive man. Forward is progress, backward is regression; to the left is progress, to the right is regression; down is progress, up is regression. The results of the study prove the hypothesis existing in Russian science about “prehistoric overhunting” – the extermination of mammoths and woolly rhinoceros by primitive people of the Upper Paleolithic.