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

Fairén-Jiménez, S.

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
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1580436