The Painted Forest Symposium 2022 in San José Del Guaviare, Colombia: Presentation of international multidisciplinary research focuses on highlighting the use of rock art in archaeological contexts. These artistic expressions recorded in rock art, provide a gateway to the way early humans sought to navigate and understand their place in the world. Rock art depictions record the voices that shaped and influenced burgeoning cosmologies, social norms, and relationships with nature, laying the cultural foundations for generations to come