Who painted that? The authorship of Schematic rock art at the Los Machos rockshelter in southern Iberia

Author

Francisc Martínez-Sevilla
Meritxell Arqués
Xavier Jordana
Assumpció Malgosa

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Publication Date

2020

Publication Title

Antiquity

Volume Number

94

Issue Number

377

Abstract

Globally, rock art is one of the most widely distributed manifestations of past human activity. Previous research, however, has tended to focus on the art rather than artists. Understanding which members of society participated in creating such art is crucial to interpreting its social implications and that of the sites at which it is found. This article presents the first application of a method—palaeodermatoglyphics—for the estimation of the sex and age of two later prehistoric individuals who left their fingerprints at the Los Machos rockshelter in southern Iberia. The method has the potential to illuminate the complex socio-cultural dimensions of rock art sites worldwide.

Document Type

Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2020.140

Recommended Citation

Martínez-Sevilla, Francisc; Arqués, Meritxell; Jordana, Xavier; and Malgosa, Assumpció, "Who painted that? The authorship of Schematic rock art at the Los Machos rockshelter in southern Iberia" (2020). KIP Articles. 6998.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/6998