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Rock Art and the transition to farming. The Neolithic landscape of the central Mediterranean coast of Spain

Fairén-Jiménez, S.

Authors

S. Fairén-Jiménez



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S Fairen-Jiminenz drk6sf@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract

This paper deals with the analysis of stylistic variation between the different rock-art traditions that coexisted in the central Mediterranean coastal area of Spain in the Neolithic period – the Macro Schematic tradition, the Schematic tradition and the Levantine tradition. The stylistic variation is analyzed in different scales from the panel with its compositions and superimpositions, to the shelter – shared or exclusive – and the landscape, focussing on patterns of distribution and relationships with settlement sites. This stylistic analysis enables us to study the chronological aspects of the process of Neolithization; while the symbolic character of these marks on the landscape offers an insight into the perception and use of space by the communities who made them.

Citation

Fairén-Jiménez, S. (2004). Rock Art and the transition to farming. The Neolithic landscape of the central Mediterranean coast of Spain. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 23(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2004.00199.x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Feb 1, 2004
Deposit Date Apr 6, 2009
Journal Oxford Journal of Archaeology
Print ISSN 0262-5253
Electronic ISSN 1468-0092
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 23
Issue 1
Pages 1-19
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2004.00199.x

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