Petroglyphs Writing History
The idea of communicating ideas between people and generations is not a new one,
for millennia stories, advice, knowledge, has been passed from generation to
generation; first orally, then through petroglyphs, and finally handwriting. Although
true handwriting has existed for five thousand years; first invented by the Sumerians
as a means of long distance communication which was necessitated by trade (Mark,
Joshua J. Writing. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 28
Apr. 2011), it may not be the first form of writing ever invented. Some scholars argue
that the petroglyphs found on cave walls in France and Spain were the first form of
writing, these paintings were pictograms, depicting not only a hunt, but, some
theorize, the location of hunts, who participated, and sometimes even contained, or
may have contained, a lesson. Don t hunt buffalo here unless you have a hunting
party , Dangerous Mammoth, kill many hunters , Good water near, many deer come
drink . (Gaur, Albertine. Non linguistic Forms of Writing. Literacy and the Politics of
Writing. Bristol, UK: Intellect, 2000. 16 29. Print.) These petroglyphs helped the
Neanderthal tribal society thrive, they ensured that the tribe could find land that was
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Invented by Austin Palmer in 1888, the method was praised for simplicity and
plainness, focusing on the proximal muscles of the arm rather than the fingers, it
allowed students and teachers to write at a more consistant speed that was said to be
able to compete with the typewriter. (wikipedia) Although it eventually fell out of use
in favor of later methods, it is still considered the grandfather of modern handwriting
in most of the world, especially in the United States and England.