The Easternmost European Palaeolithic Artists

Iconography and Graphic Features at Kapova Cave (Southern Urals, Russia)

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9343243
AutoresAitor Ruiz-Redondo (0000-0002-2584-9057, University of Southampton, autor correspondente), Katherin Yanovskaya (Lomonosov Moscow State University), В С Житенев (Lomonosov Moscow State University)
Ano2020
Volume3
Fascículo4
Páginas967-988
Data de publicação2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2520-8217 • E-ISSN: 2520-8217
EditoraSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s41982-020-00065-2
OpenAlexW3082296991
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas24

Palaeolithic rock art is one of the most distinctive cultural traits of Upper Palaeolithic societies in Europe. Traditionally restricted to South-western Europe, especially to the Franco-Cantabrian province, in recent years, the geographic distribution of this phenomenon has noticeably expanded. Several years before these discoveries, the first decorated site found beyond southern Europe was Kapova cave, in Russia. This site, at the edge of the distribution area of European Palaeolithic art and far away from other cave sanctuaries, is key to define and understand potential long-distance cultural networks during the Upper Palaeolithic. In this paper, we present the first comprehensive inventory of the artworks, a renewed documentation of the graphic units (including the first digital tracings), the spatial distribution and the stylistic analysis of the different motifs. This led us to understand the role of Kapova within the Palaeolithic symbolism and to better integrate it in the Palaeolithic cultural dynamics

Archaeology · Cave · Geography · Iconography · Prehistory · Rock art · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology