The Counting Shaman

Dots most certainly represent a count....I wonder how these dots may tie into the image of the person? There may be too many dots to represent age since the lifespan 8,000 years ago may have been into the early 30's...and there are about 50 dots....Maybe this was an exceptional person who did live those many years....But then again I wonder if the concept of a "year" as a passage of time was a part of the reality with the author of this "scribe"? Could they represent months...or wives or husbands or children...or warriors killed in battle...a tribal community...wealth....how many fish he/she caught. I find the 3 fingers most interesting...I like to think the number of fingers are attributed to magical properties due to the accentuation of the size of the hands