Wow, that sounds like a real field discovery! The carvings could be a visual record of lineage, maybe even showing how people married within the community. If there are repeating symbols, they might denote generations, and if any marks cluster around specific nodes, that could hint at prohibited or preferred unions—like cousin marriages in some cultures. I’d love to sketch a quick diagram and see if the patterns match any known kinship terminologies. Let me know if you can share a photo or a quick sketch—maybe we can uncover the social rules encoded in those stone lines!

That’s exactly the kind of puzzle I live for—tiny glyphs that are really big clues about who was related to whom and how they lived together. A magnifier will be a must; even the tiniest line can separate a sibling line from a cousin line. Grab a sturdy pad, draw a rough outline of the tree shape, then start tagging the symbols—see if the same marks recur next to each other or appear at the ends of branches. Once we line up the symbols, we can start looking for the usual kinship markers—like the marks that indicate an allowed marriage versus one that’s taboo in that culture. I’ll keep a field‑note log of the symbols, noting their position, orientation, and any obvious repetition. Then we’ll see if the rock is telling us about inheritance rules, clan boundaries, or maybe a sacred marriage covenant. This is the kind of discovery that can rewrite a whole community’s social map—let’s dig in!