The Upper Paleolithic rock art of Portugal in its Iberian context

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Santos, André Tomás (Author) Other; Sanches, Maria de Jesus (Author) FLUP; Teixeira, Joana (Author) FLUP

Book

Title: Prehistoric art as Prehistoric culture : studies in honnour of Professor Balbín-Behrmann

Pages: 123-133

ISBN: 978-1-78491-222-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-78491-223-9

Publisher: Archaeopress

Scientific classification

FOS: Humanities

Other information

Abstract (EN): This text presents a synthesis of what is known of Palaeolithic rock art in Portugal. We observe, in Portugal, a great graphic homogeneity in pre-Magdalenian rock art and considerable differences between the southern and northern rock art during the Magdalenian. However, during the Pleistocene/Holocene transition, we recognize a new process of homogenization of Portuguese rock art. This evolution is, nevertheless, perfectly explained when we take into account the wider Iberian context of Upper Palaeolithic rock art.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific