Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretations

Rock art dating has been one of the major challenges since its discovery and recognition. The methods have evolved through the last century, beginning with the study of superpositions and style until to the application of numeric methods since the 1990s. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and publ...

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Autores: Ochoa, Blanca, García-Diez, Marcos, Domingo, Inés, Martins, Andrea
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/180690
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Palabra clave:Art prehistòric
Paleolític
Península Ibèrica
Prehistoric art
Paleolithic period
Iberian Peninsula
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spelling Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretationsOchoa, BlancaGarcía-Diez, MarcosDomingo, InésMartins, AndreaArt prehistòricPaleolíticPenínsula IbèricaPrehistoric artPaleolithic periodIberian PeninsulaRock art dating has been one of the major challenges since its discovery and recognition. The methods have evolved through the last century, beginning with the study of superpositions and style until to the application of numeric methods since the 1990s. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and publish an up-to-date database of all of the numerical dates currently available for Iberian prehistoric rock art sites. For this purpose, the manuscript reviews all the methods applied so far to Iberian rock art discussing the limits, the sampling involved, and the problems affecting the results. After that, we present and discuss the most relevant results related to each cultural graphic tradition (Palaeolithic, Levantine, Schematic and Megalithic rock art) assessing their value and limitations. Finally, we reflect on the future of rock art dating: unfortunately most of the motifs are not dateble in numeric terms, meaning we still have to combine traditional with numerical methods; but also, we need to keep working on the problems affecting these methods to be able to create a more reliable chronological framework of use to address other issues such as group mobility, cultural networks, and reutilisation of symbolic elements, to name a few.Elsevier Ltd2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/180690Articles publicats en revistes (Història i Arqueologia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.08.048Quaternary International, 2021, vol. 572, p. 88-105https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.08.048cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier Ltd, 2021https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1806902026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretations
title Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretations
spellingShingle Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretations
Ochoa, Blanca
Art prehistòric
Paleolític
Península Ibèrica
Prehistoric art
Paleolithic period
Iberian Peninsula
title_short Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretations
title_full Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretations
title_fullStr Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretations
title_full_unstemmed Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretations
title_sort Dating Iberian prehistoric rock art: methods, sampling, data, limits and interpretations
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ochoa, Blanca
García-Diez, Marcos
Domingo, Inés
Martins, Andrea
author Ochoa, Blanca
author_facet Ochoa, Blanca
García-Diez, Marcos
Domingo, Inés
Martins, Andrea
author_role author
author2 García-Diez, Marcos
Domingo, Inés
Martins, Andrea
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Art prehistòric
Paleolític
Península Ibèrica
Prehistoric art
Paleolithic period
Iberian Peninsula
topic Art prehistòric
Paleolític
Península Ibèrica
Prehistoric art
Paleolithic period
Iberian Peninsula
description Rock art dating has been one of the major challenges since its discovery and recognition. The methods have evolved through the last century, beginning with the study of superpositions and style until to the application of numeric methods since the 1990s. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and publish an up-to-date database of all of the numerical dates currently available for Iberian prehistoric rock art sites. For this purpose, the manuscript reviews all the methods applied so far to Iberian rock art discussing the limits, the sampling involved, and the problems affecting the results. After that, we present and discuss the most relevant results related to each cultural graphic tradition (Palaeolithic, Levantine, Schematic and Megalithic rock art) assessing their value and limitations. Finally, we reflect on the future of rock art dating: unfortunately most of the motifs are not dateble in numeric terms, meaning we still have to combine traditional with numerical methods; but also, we need to keep working on the problems affecting these methods to be able to create a more reliable chronological framework of use to address other issues such as group mobility, cultural networks, and reutilisation of symbolic elements, to name a few.
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