Paleolithic art (Other Keyword)

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Following the Signs: Tracking Geometric Rock Art across the Landscape of Upper Paleolithic Europe (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Genevieve Von Petzinger.

Geometric signs are found at nearly all Upper Paleolithic rock art sites in Europe. Created between 10,000 and 40,000 BP, the signs are one of the major thematic categories of art from this era, however, they are often not as well-documented as their figurative counterparts. While there are some sites (e.g., Grotte Chauvet) where detailed inventories have been created for all of the imagery, there are many other sites where this has yet to be carried out. The geometric signs have the potential...


Scenes and Non-Scenes in Rock Art: Are There Things We Can Learn about Cognitive Evolution from the Differences (2017)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Iain Davidson.

Analysis of rock art in several regions shows great variability in the presence or absence of combinations of individual images that can be considered as scenes in our graphic traditions. This presentation will consider examples from Australia, Europe and North America to show that the differences in the way people represented the world are significant about how they related to the world.