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Fresh research into the spectacular rock art of southwest Texas has revealed that ancient hunter-gatherers maintained a sophisticated belief system for more than four millennia, creating elaborate painted murals that later influenced the cosmologies of major Mesoamerican civilizations. The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, establish the Pecos River style pictographs as one of the oldest continuously practiced artistic and spiritual traditions in the Americas, dating back nearly 6,000 years and persisting until approximately 1,000 years ago. Ten Mysterious Rock Art Examples from the Ancient World The Largest Native American Cave Art Site in SE North America Top; A tributary canyon of the Devils River where pictographs at 41VV39 were radiocarbon dated to 1510 to 1380 cal B.P. Bottom