The deep past in the virtual present: developing an interdisciplinary approach towards understanding the psychological foundations of palaeolithic cave art [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Virtual Reality (VR) has vast potential for developing systematic, interdisciplinary studies to understand ephemeral behaviours in the archaeological record, such as the emergence and development of visual culture.
Izzy Wisher +2 more
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How Do We Explain ‛Autistic Traits’ in European Upper Palaeolithic Art? [PDF]
Open Archaeology, 2018 Traits in Upper Palaeolithic art which are also seen in the work of talented artists with autism, including most obviously an exceptional realism, remain to be explained. However any association between the famously evocative animal depictions created in
Spikins Penny +2 more
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The nature and chronology of human occupation at the Galerías Bajas, from Cueva de Ardales, Malaga, Spain [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 The Cueva de Ardales is a hugely important Palaeolithic site in the south of the Iberian Peninsula owing to its rich inventory of rock art. From 2011–2018, excavations were carried out in the cave for the first time ever by a Spanish-German research team.
José Ramos-Muñoz +20 more
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Documenta Praehistorica, 2009 This article is a review of Slovenian Palaeolithic ‘art’ objects. Most were found quite some time ago and were described as ‘art’ by their excavators, who undertook no further examination and authentication. More recent finds, like the Mousterian ‘flute’,
Simona Petru
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The “Archeology of the Light”: A multiproxy, interdisciplinary and experimental approach to Paleolithic subterranean activities. [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
Open Research EuropeBackground This article presents the A-LIGHT project and its main results. The "Archeology of the Light" (A-LIGHT) project aims to improve our knowledge of Palaeolithic cave activities through an interdisciplinary methodology applied to rarely-studied ...
Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide
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Unravelling the skills and motivations of Magdalenian artists in the depths of Atxurra Cave (Northern Spain) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Atxurra cave has a decorated assemblage composed of more than a hundred engraved animal depictions. All of them are located in deep parts of the cave and most of them are hidden in raised areas, away from the main path.
Diego Garate +11 more
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Un art rupestre paléolithique au-delà de l’Oural ?
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2019 Chronological estimation of rock art figures based on stylistical criterias, especially when a very ancient age is suspected, is never easy to argue.
Catherine Cretin +8 more
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Virtual Archaeology Review, 2022 Highlights: • Despite being a transcendental cultural manifestation in the history of humanity, there are hardly any open-access virtual repertoires of Palaeolithic art.
Miguel García-Bustos +3 more
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Pre-Solutrean rock art in southernmost Europe: Evidence from Las Ventanas Cave (Andalusia, Spain). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The south of Iberia conserves an important group of Palaeolithic rock art sites. The graphisms have been mostly attributed to the Solutrean and Magdalenian periods, while the possibility that older remains exist has provoked extensive debate.
Miguel Cortés-Sánchez +15 more
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First Epigravettian ceramic figurines from Europe (Vela Spila, Croatia). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Recent finds of 36 ceramic artifacts from the archaeological site of Vela Spila, Croatia, offer the first evidence of ceramic figurative art in late Upper Palaeolithic Europe, c. 17,500-15,000 years before present (BP).
Rebecca Farbstein +3 more
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