Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: Methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretations

B Ochoa, M García-Diez, I Domingo, A Martins - Quaternary International, 2021 - Elsevier
Rock art dating has been one of the major challenges since its discovery and recognition.
The methods have evolved through the last century, beginning with the study of …

Dance scenes in Levantine rock art (Spain): A critical review

N Santos Da Rosa, L Fernández‐Macías… - Oxford Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We argue here that it is possible to study dance in prehistoric societies by analysing how it
was depicted in rock art. For this research to be effective, subjectivity must be minimised by …

“Fontainebleau rock art”(Ile-de-France, France), an exceptional rock art group dated to the Mesolithic? Critical return on the lithic material discovered in three …

C Guéret, A Bénard - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the 19th century, the so-called “Fontainebleau rock art” have been recognized in small
cavities of the southern part of the Ile de France, in a rare context typified by accumulations …

Hanging over the Void. Uses of Long Ropes and Climbing Rope Ladders in Prehistory as Illustrated in Levantine Rock Art

M Bea, D Roman, I Domingo - Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2024 - cambridge.org
Direct or indirect evidence of ropemaking are scarce in European prehistory. Only a few
references to Middle or Upper Palaeolithic remains are known to us, with more examples …

Characterizing paint technologies and recipes in Levantine and Schematic rock art: El Carche site as a case study (Jalance, Spain)

A Chieli, M Vendrell, C Roldán, P Giráldez, I Domingo - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
This paper contributes to current debates on the technologies and practices of prehistoric
artists using the rock art site of el Carche (Jalance, Spain) as a case study. The site …

An approximation to the study of black pigments in Cova Remigia (Castellón, Spain). Technical and cultural assessments of the use of carbon-based black pigments in …

E López-Montalvo, V Villaverde, C Roldán… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Spanish Levantine Rock Art is a unique pictorial expression within the prehistoric
European context. Located in shelters in the inland regions of the Iberian Mediterranean …

Early Australian Anthropomorphs: Jabiluka's Dynamic Figure Rock Paintings

SK May, IG Johnston, PSC Taçon, ID Sanz… - Cambridge …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Early depictions of anthropomorphs in rock art provide unique insights into life during the
deep past. This includes human engagements with the environment, socio-cultural …

Hunting scenes in Spanish Levantine rock art: An unequivocal chrono-cultural marker of Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic Iberian societies?

E López-Montalvo - Quaternary International, 2018 - Elsevier
In the framework of the long-standing debate regarding the chronology of Spanish Levantine
rock art, the hypotheses proposing its cultural affiliation to the Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic …

El abrigo de Barranco Gómez (Castellote, Teruel), un nuevo conjunto con arte levantino en el núcleo rupestre del Guadalope

MB Martínez, ID Sanz, JA Pajas - Trabajos de prehistoria, 2021 - tp.revistas.csic.es
Este artículo presenta un nuevo hallazgo de arte levantino en el curso medio del río
Guadalope, el abrigo de Barranco Gómez, y revisa una temática particular en esta tradición …

Violence in Neolithic Iberia: new readings of Levantine rock art

E López-Montalvo - Antiquity, 2015 - cambridge.org
How violent was life in Neolithic society, and was there anything resembling organised
warfare? Recent research has largely overturned ideas of peaceful farming societies …