Back to the past: Symbolism and archaeology in Altxerri B (Gipuzkoa, Northern Spain)

Ruiz-Redondo, Aitor; González-Sainz, C.; Gárate, Diego

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.07.013

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“…Two recent discoveries that await full publication, Aitzbitarte III and IX (Garate et al 2016) and Alkerdi II (Álvarez et al 2016), include figures in this style, with engraved bison depicting horns in frontal view. Altxerri B, which was recently re-analysed (Ruiz-Redondo et al 2015), is also associated with the style influenced by depictions in south-west France. Figure 9 illustrates the numerous other examples of this style.…”

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Filling the void: a new Palaeolithic cave art site at Danbolinzulo in the Basque Country

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Filling the void: a new Palaeolithic cave art site at Danbolinzulo in the Basque Country

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“…Recent analysis of archaeological contexts immediately associated with Palaeolithic cave wall art has emphasised the importance of archaeology in determining the chronology of such art (e.g. Garate et al 2012; González-Sainz et al 2013; Ruiz-Redondo et al 2017). At Romualdova Pećina, the thin stalagmite layer below the main panel appears to have been the ‘palaeo-floor’ that the ‘artist’ stood on while creating the paintings.…”

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Expanding the horizons of Palaeolithic rock art: the site of Romualdova Pećina

Ruiz-Redondo

Komšo²,

Gárate³

et al. 2019

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“…Using these criteria, we selected three caves (Fig. 1): Santimamiñe (Aranzadi et al, 1925(Aranzadi et al, , 1935Barandiarán, 1976;González-Sainz, 2009;González-Sainz & Ruiz-Idarraga, 2010;A.D.E.S., 2010;López-Quintana, 2011), Atxurra (Barandiarán, 1961;Fernández-Eraso, 1985;Garate et al, 2016Garate et al, , 2020aRios-Garaizar et al, 2019; and Altxerri (Barandiarán, 1964;González-Sainz et al, 2013;Ruiz-Redondo, 2014;Ruiz-Redondo et al, 2017), all of which were decorated during the recent period of the Magdalenian chrono-culture (a more detailed explanation of the caves can be found in Supplementary Materials).…”

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Application of Line of Sight and Potential Audience Analysis to Unravel the Spatial Organization of Palaeolithic Cave Art

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Gárate

Arriolabengoa

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J Archaeol Method Theory

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The endokarst landscape is the result of long erosion and sedimentation processes that have modelled an environment in which capricious forms abound. Despite being a hostile environment for human life, these caves must have attracted the attention of human groups from as early as the Palaeolithic. It is striking that many examples of rock art appear to be closely symbiotic with their natural support; nevertheless, it is difficult to confirm any relationship in the distribution of the decorated spaces, based on their morphology. Moreover, if we start from the hypothesis—widely accepted, but not demonstrated—that Palaeolithic cave art is a system of visual communication, the visibility of the art or the number of people who could be accommodated in the decorated sectors should be determining factors. In order to avoid making subjective appraisals when analysing these factors, we have designed a Python script with a workflow to work directly with 3D models of caverns using GISs, which can be easily replicated and edited by other researchers. Application of this script in the Magdalenian caves of Atxurra, Santimamiñe and Altxerri (Northern Spain) has allowed us to compare them accurately based on their visibility features. This has shown that in some cases, there may have been prior planning to enhance the visibility of some figures. In all cases, the groups of figures are located in deep and hidden parts of the caves, usually in sectors with limited capacity to accommodate people, which would be consistent with a system of restricted communication.

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Back to the past: Symbolism and archaeology in Altxerri B (Gipuzkoa, Northern Spain)

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

Filling the void: a new Palaeolithic cave art site at Danbolinzulo in the Basque Country

Filling the void: a new Palaeolithic cave art site at Danbolinzulo in the Basque Country

Expanding the horizons of Palaeolithic rock art: the site of Romualdova Pećina

Application of Line of Sight and Potential Audience Analysis to Unravel the Spatial Organization of Palaeolithic Cave Art

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