Interpreting large complicated panels with interesting stories
requires understanding the basic symbols and symbol combinations
that makes up much of the grammar of the picture writing system.
Researcher Levan Martineau found his first keys to breaking the
code by using locator panels. Locators are smaller panels that
either direct passers-by to a hidden or out of the way panel, or
identify the location of a hidden waterhole, underground cavern
or other important location. The first locator symbols
deciphered by Martineau are shown below. (The following chart
was adapted from Levan Martineau (1973) The Rocks Begin to
Speak, KC Publications).