Geographies of the Invisible. Rock Art, Memory and Ancestral Topologies in Western Iberia

Alves, Lara Bacelar

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“…This hypothesis perhaps explains the different iconographic content of images in the landscape relative to those in funerary monuments in northwest Iberia (e.g. Alves 2003). A similar notion could also apply in Kilmartin, where landscape rock art is invariably abstract, whilst carvings in funerary monuments are, so far, predominately figurative.…”

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“…Although its chronology is somewhat disputed and its development had regional variations, ARA is widely considered to have been created during the fourth and third millennia bce (e.g. Alves 2003; Bradley 1997; 2020; Fábregas-Valcarce & Rodríguez-Rellán 2012; Jones et al 2011; O'Connor 2006; Shee Twohig et al 2010; for a detailed discussion on ARA chronology, see Valdez-Tullett 2019, 17–24). In Iberia the circular motifs are often accompanied by figurative representations of animals (notably horses and deer) (Fig.…”

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“…Although these motifs are typically included in the Iberian strand of ARA, their chronological relationship with the abstract imagery is not fully understood, with diverging opinions (e.g. Alves 2003; 2009; 2021, 52, 53, 56–7; Fábregas-Valcarce & Rodríguez-Rellán 2012; Santos-Estévez 2013). In all regions, however, the carvings were mostly created on flat or gently sloping surfaces of boulders and outcrops in the landscape, with only a few exceptions of depictions within rock-shelters (e.g.…”

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Revealing the Earliest Animal Engravings in Scotland: The Dunchraigaig Deer, Kilmartin

Valdez-Tullett¹,

Barnett²,

Robin³

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The recent discovery of animal carvings in the Early Bronze Age burial cairn at Dunchraigaig (Kilmartin Glen, Scotland) prompts a re-evaluation of current knowledge of rock art in Britain. The deer and other quadrupeds represented in the monument are the first unambiguous depictions of prehistoric animals of prehistoric date in Scotland, and among the earliest identified in Britain and Ireland. This contrasts with the well-known abstract carvings of rock art in this region, characterized by cup-marks and cup-and-rings. The discovery also reinforces the special character of Kilmartin Glen as one of the most original and remarkable Neolithic–Bronze Age landscapes of monumentality and rock art in Britain. This article describes the process of authenticating the Dunchraigaig carvings as part of the Scotland's Rock Art Project (ScRAP) and discusses their implications for our understanding of prehistoric rock art in Scotland, Britain and Atlantic Europe more widely.

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Revealing the Earliest Animal Engravings in Scotland: The Dunchraigaig Deer, Kilmartin

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Robin³

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“…The same motif extends into the wider landscape where it features as pecked designs. During the medieval period some of these images were intended to Christianise places with pagan associations but others simply marked land boundaries and that practice continues to the present day (Alves 2001). It is revealing that, not long ago, some of these motifs were mistaken for prehistoric petroglyphs (Anati 1968).…”

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Long Distance Connections Within Britain and Ireland: the Evidence of Insular Rock Art

BRADLEY

2023

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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Discussions of contacts between Britain and Ireland usually focus on monuments and on portable artefacts such as Grooved Ware, Beakers, and metalwork. New research on insular rock art suggests that it originated in the Middle to Late Neolithic period and continued to be used and re-used into the Early Bronze Age. This paper considers its relationship with decorated passage graves and other structures. It argues that the distribution of rock art sheds further light on connections between these islands. Estuaries, bays, and landing places were important, but the siting of pecked motifs indicates other links along three overland routes between the North Sea and the Irish Sea. Certain practices were shared between megalithic tombs and recently excavated rock carvings. It is possible that they expressed similar beliefs at a time when long distance travel was important.

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“…But rock art is also durable; it can preserve much longer than more ephemeral elements, such as textiles or body ornamentation, and holds a permanent association with specific places, something that objects do not. This allows a lasting signification of certain places that might reveal a continued use of those places over many centuries (Alves 2022;Martínez C. 2022b). In that respect, it is often privileged evidence for understanding how the space is appropriated and signified (Dudognon & Sepúlveda 2018).…”

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On the Periphery of the Inka Empire: Spatial Arrangement at the Pre-Hispanic Rock-art Site of Villavil 2 (Catamarca, Argentina)

Parcero‐Oubiña¹,

Fábrega-Álvarez²,

Lynch³

2023

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This paper describes the analysis of the Late Prehispanic rock-art site of Villavil 2 (Catamarca, Argentina). Despite its modest and inconspicuous nature, this is one of the few examples of rock-art sites known in the area to date. The relationship of the site with the surrounding landscape and the distribution of rock art throughout the site are analysed using a combination of GIS and 3D modelling. This analysis makes it possible to gain an understanding of the factors behind the location and distribution of rock art on different spatial scales. The interpretation presented here suggests that this rock art reproduces, on a modest local scale, patterns of production of Inka landscapes of control and dominion that have been recognized elsewhere, in sites with a much more obvious monumental scale. The internal organization of the site mimics, on a small scale, forms of interaction with the wider landscape that have been regionally observed, usually focusing on more conspicuous elements such as architecture.

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Geographies of the Invisible. Rock Art, Memory and Ancestral Topologies in Western Iberia

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Revealing the Earliest Animal Engravings in Scotland: The Dunchraigaig Deer, Kilmartin

Revealing the Earliest Animal Engravings in Scotland: The Dunchraigaig Deer, Kilmartin

Long Distance Connections Within Britain and Ireland: the Evidence of Insular Rock Art

On the Periphery of the Inka Empire: Spatial Arrangement at the Pre-Hispanic Rock-art Site of Villavil 2 (Catamarca, Argentina)

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