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Pictograph Cave
Billings, Montana
Thousands of years ago,
American Indians painted pictures on rock walls using colors from the
earth. These paintings are called "pictographs." Archeologists think
some pictographs tell stories about the daily life of the Indians, while
others tell more about the spiritual values the Indians held. Still
other pictographs seem closer to the way you might sign your name on
one of your own drawings or at the end of a letter you write. In the
1930s, archeologists discovered over 100 black, red and, white figures
on the walls of Pictograph Cave that could be 1,500 years old. Due to
vandalism, however, many of them have not survived. Wherever prehistoric
rock art is found it should be carefully protected so that kids
of the future can learn from it, too. |
