A new study of the Palaeolithic engravings at El Pendo (Cantabria, Spain). Thoughts on birds in Palaeolithic art in the Iberian Peninsula
Birds are very scarce in Palaeolithic rock art. Since 1907 figures of razorbill and raptors (probably vulture) have been described at the end of the Pendo cave, both attributed to an Upper Palaeolithic origin (from Aurignacian to Lower Magdalenian, depending on the authors). The new revision of the...
| Published in: | Trabajos de Prehistoria |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2011
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| Online Access: | https://tp.revistas.csic.es/index.php/tp/article/view/355 https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.2011.11063 |
| Summary: | Birds are very scarce in Palaeolithic rock art. Since 1907 figures of razorbill and raptors (probably vulture) have been described at the end of the Pendo cave, both attributed to an Upper Palaeolithic origin (from Aurignacian to Lower Magdalenian, depending on the authors). The new revision of the group of engravings shows the presence of an unambiguous bird, but the morphology of the figure did not permit its precise taxonomic identification. The work also presents a revision of the birds known in Iberian Palaeolithic rock art. La presencia de aves en el repertorio iconográfico del arte rupestre paleolítico es muy escasa. Desde 1907 se vienen describiendo unas figuras de alca y de rapaz (probablemente buitre) en la parte final de la cueva de El Pendo. Los autores las asignan a un momento antiguo, desde el Auriñaciense hasta el Magdaleniense inferior. Una nueva lectura del conjunto de grabados permite apuntar la presencia inequívoca de una imagen de ave, sin características que permitan su identificación taxonómica precisa. El trabajo revisa, además, las imágenes de aves conocidas en el arte rupestre paleolítico de la Península Ibérica. |
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