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Pre-Solutrean rock art in southernmost Europe: Evidence from Las Ventanas Cave (Andalusia, Spain)

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dc.contributor.authorCortés Sánchez, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorRiquelme-Cantal, José António
dc.contributor.authorSimon-Vallejo, Maria Dolores
dc.contributor.authorParrilla Giraldez, Ruben
dc.contributor.authorOdriozola, Carlos P.
dc.contributor.authorCalle Roman, Lydia
dc.contributor.authorCarrion, Jose S.
dc.contributor.authorMonge Gomez, Guadalupe
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez Vidal, Joaquin
dc.contributor.authorMoyano Campos, Juan Jose
dc.contributor.authorRico Delgado, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorNieto Julian, Juan Enrique
dc.contributor.authorAnton Garcia, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorAranzazu Martinez-Aguirre, M.
dc.contributor.authorJimenez Barredo, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorCantero-Chinchilla, Francisco N.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:58:03Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:58:03Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.description.abstractThe south of Iberia conserves an important group of Palaeolithic rock art sites. The graph isms have been mostly attributed to the Solutrean and Magdalenian periods, while the possibility that older remains exist has provoked extensive debate. This circumstance has been linked to both the cited periods, until recently, due to the transition from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic in the extreme southwest of Europe as well as the non-existence of some of the early periods of Palaeolithic art documented in northern Iberia. This study presents the results of interdisciplinary research conducted in Las Ventanas Cave. These results enabled us to identify a new Palaeolithic rock art site. The technical, stylistic and temporal traits point to certain similarities with the range of exterior deep engravings in Cantabrian Palaeolithic rock art. Ventanas appears to corroborate the age attributed to those kinds of graphic expression and points to the early arrival of the Upper Palaeolithic in the south of Iberia. Importantly, the results provide information on the pre-Solutrean date attributed to trilinear hind figures. These findings challenge the supposed Neanderthal survival idea at one of the main late Middle Palaeolithic southern Iberian sites (Cariguela) and, due to the parallels between them and an engraving attributed to this period in Gibraltar, it raises the possibility of interaction between modern humans and Neanderthals in the extreme southwest of Europe.
dc.description.sponsorshipSpanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [HAR2013-44269-P]; Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport [19434/PI/14]; Department of Culture, Andalusian Regional Government [BC.01.146/94]
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0204651
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11829
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherPublic Library Science
dc.subjectIberian Peninsula
dc.subjectCarihuela Cave
dc.subjectNeanderthals
dc.subjectGibraltar
dc.subjectMiddle
dc.titlePre-Solutrean rock art in southernmost Europe: Evidence from Las Ventanas Cave (Andalusia, Spain)
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue10
oaire.citation.startPagee0204651
oaire.citation.titlePlos One
oaire.citation.volume13
person.familyNameCortés Sánchez
person.givenNameMiguel
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9093-3338
person.identifier.scopus-author-id24079481300
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