"Those ancient humans who might have scratched directions in the sand or carved lines on wood were the first to practice the art of symbolic representation in the form of a map." https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/oldest-maps-world #History #Anthropology #Map #Cartography #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @anthropology
Source: https://twitter.com/laphamsquart/status/1666465537533313024
@bibliolater @histodon @histodons @anthropology And as for prehistoric maps, there are so many assumptions and anachronisms entailed in saying X artifact was a map, that certainty is impossible; application of basic critical analysis means they are much more likely not maps.