The original inhabitants of Serendipity are the cause of much speculation among archaeologists. Completely vanished by the time of the first European settlers, we only know them through the artifacts and art that they left behind.
The attached image is typical of the hyper-detailed cave art found in diggings in the Fortune Woods, and is often shown to new archaeology students. On a first view, many students claim that it shows humanoid figures with weapons, animals, and a wheel, but SU's Chair of Archaeology, Urtha Bennett, takes great delight in telling them how wrong they are.
What does the cave art actually depict?
(NOTE: It may not be possible to solve the puzzle using the image below. A higher resolution version is attached to the email copy of this puzzle and is available on request.)
The attached image is typical of the hyper-detailed cave art found in diggings in the Fortune Woods, and is often shown to new archaeology students. On a first view, many students claim that it shows humanoid figures with weapons, animals, and a wheel, but SU's Chair of Archaeology, Urtha Bennett, takes great delight in telling them how wrong they are.
What does the cave art actually depict?
(NOTE: It may not be possible to solve the puzzle using the image below. A higher resolution version is attached to the email copy of this puzzle and is available on request.)
