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Revisiting the Parietal Art of Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa
African Archaeological Review, 2016Seen by all who visit Wonderwerk Cave, the rock paintings that adorn its walls have attracted less attention than many other aspects of the site. The paper gives a brief account of their history and significance and of factors that have constrained their study.
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The Hidden Meaning of Forms: Methods of Recording Paleolithic Parietal Art
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2007There are many restrictions placed on researchers studying Paleolithic Cave art due to the constraints of conservation that limit direct contact with the original works. This paper discusses how recent advances in technology have revolutionized the study and interpretation of Paleolithic cave art. The interpretation of Paleolithic symbolic systems is a
Fritz, Carole, Tosello, Gilles
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Fractal Dimensions of Paleolithic Parietal Art
This paper explores the application of fractal geometry, specifically fractal dimensions, to the quantitative analysis of Paleolithic parietal art. Traditionally studied through qualitative art historical or archaeological lenses, ancient cave paintings and engravings exhibit complex, irregular, and self-similar patterns characteristic of fractal ...Revista, Zen, HISTORY, 10
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Agency, art and altered consciousness: a motif in French (Quercy) Upper Palaeolithic parietal art
Antiquity, 1997Is the meaning of prehistoric art beyond recovery — especially the meaning of early art in deep caves, a remote and strange location which itself suggests some out-of-the-ordinary purpose? David Lewis-Williams has been extending his explorations of meaning in later southern African rock-art to the famous enigma of the European Palaeolithic, here in the
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New hominid remains associated with gravettian parietal art (Les Garennes, Vilhonneur, France)
Journal of Human Evolution, 2007A remarkable discovery in France raises anew the question of the relationship between parietal art and funerary practices. France is rich in Gravettian decorated caves, but human remains from this period (28e21 000 years BP) are very rare (Henry-Gambier, 2002).
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, 2011 The Primordial Narrative: Decoding Transcontinental Cognitive Universals in Parietal Art
Parietal art, spanning millennia and continents, represents humanity's earliest and most enduring visual expressions. Despite vast geographical and temporal distances, striking similarities in motifs, composition, and potential underlying meanings suggest the existence of transcontinental cognitive universals.Revista, Zen, HISTORY, 10
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Palaeolithic Mammalian Faunas and Parietal art in Cantabria: A Comment on Freeman
American Antiquity, 1974AbstractThe economic basis of the Cantabrian Upper Palaeolithic as reported by L. G. Freeman is compared with the coeval parietal art, and a motivational basis for the latter suggested.
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