# Whitley 2025: Unlocking the secrets of ancient Texas cave paintings

> David S. Whitley, 2025. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. How a rock art specialist outside the project reads the result.

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# Unlocking the secrets of ancient Texas cave paintings

David S. Whitley, 2025. _Science Advances_.

Commentary on the 2025 dating study. Whitley, who says he once took the panels for chaotic accumulations, accepts that they are planned murals each painted at once, credits Rowe's plasma oxidation and Steelman's refinement of it, and reports that a commentary on the White Shaman paintings from Huichol religious leaders confirmed Boyd's interpretation.

**White Shaman MuralSecondary source** Articledoi: **[10.1126/sciadv.aed6883](https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed6883)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

How a rock art specialist outside the project reads the result.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Before the paint studies, archaeologists took the panels for accumulations](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/evidence/EVD0DCKR73PVXYX/before-the-paint-studies-archaeologists-took-the-panels-for)

Evidence

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[Huichol religious specialists read motifs in ways that fit the reading](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/evidence/EVD0DCKRGHS6YR1/huichol-religious-specialists-read-motifs-in-ways-that-fit)

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[Outside specialists find the reading persuasive](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/evidence/EVD0DCKS34H1M2X/outside-specialists-find-the-reading-persuasive)

Evidence

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[The White Shaman Mural](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Whitley, D. S. (2025). Unlocking the secrets of ancient Texas cave paintings. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed6883
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