> practical purposes (as a sort of proto-writing) versus ones that were made to be pretty. Why not both? It's obvious some effort was put into carving the figu

> practical purposes (as a sort of proto-writing) versus ones that were made to be pretty. Why not both? It's obvious some effort was put into carving the figures as they look pretty to me. I am sure some people were better than others at making rock carvings making them artists IMO.