Peratt - Auroral phenomena and petroglyphs
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Anthony Peratt's theme of Petroglyphs and Auroral phenomena
Here's an interesting hypothesis regarding high-energy auroral phenomena as an
explanation of petroglyphs (rock drawings)around the world. The attached scanned file
is large - 60 Mbyte!
A couple of comments:
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The author presents this is a theory, but he is careful not to go too far with
his claims. I think that it is a beautiful hypothesis well worth retaining with
multiple conflicting hypothesis. Whether it is partially or fully correct or not
may never be fully ascertained, but it is fun, and perhaps it could bring
"not-yet-observed" predictions to the table.
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A very interesting and insightful comment by the author is that our "modern"
perception of ancestral people as being primitive may have partially arisen
from the apparently crude petroglyphs and drawings left behind. However,
petroglyphs may actually be very accurate reproductions of phenomena seen,
perhaps only fleetingly, in the sky. Firthermore, petroglyphs are often found
in very difficult to access places that would even be difficult to do today.
Perhaps we are quite wrong about the sophistication of what they were doing.
The Stonehenge configuration is fascinating!
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That strange drawings across the globe are somewhat consistent in detail
(and point generally in the "right" direction to observe such phenomena),
perhaps says something as well.
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The timing (3000 BC plus or minus) of some of the petroglyphs is intriguing.
Was this also a period of great climate change or other major phenomena? What
about the rise and fall of civilisations (as per my incomplete hobby-study on
my website, which likely will never be finished).
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I only saw one reference to the Peterborough "main" set of Petroglyphs in the
enclosed building (I visited it a decade or two ago, but of course I don't
remember any detail). I don't have the URL (why don't I track these better?),
but it's easy to find by Google. In that drawing I couldn't pick out symbols
of the type in Peratt's article, which is maybe why Peratt doesn't include
Peterborough. However, in the NRCan link today, several of the symbols quite
possibly DO fit in? Necessarily, individual opinions should vary widely on any
interpretations.
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The Peratt article and Peterborough site (and other chat sites that discuss
Peterborough) cover some of the alternate theories: Vikings, Constellations,
etc, and of course the theory that the drawings don't link to any of that!!
It there any truth to his theory? Who knows... but it's certainly fun!!
Directory of available files for this webpage: including earlier
versions of papers.
Last updated:
original 19May09