Birds in rock art from hunter-gatherers and the first agro-pastoral communities in the Iberian Peninsula
- María Lazarich
- Antonio Ramos-Gil
Editorial: The ZBSA/Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology in the Foundation of Schleswig-Holstein State Museums, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany andAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, NYUAD/New York University
ISBN: 978-3-529-01491-8
Año de publicación: 2020
Páginas: 179-200
Tipo: Capítulo de Libro
Resumen
The rock shelter of the Tajo de las Figuras, located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, holds an exceptional collection of images of birds of recent prehistory (10,000–2,000 BC). A study carried out using digital photography has identified 208 representations of birds belonging to at least sixteen different species (including a bird of prey). The paintings in this small cavity are carried out in the so-called Schematic style, although they feature some naturalistic characteristics that allowed the identification of different species, demonstrating the high level of knowledge that the artists had of the ethology of these birds. The uniqueness of this refuge lies in its location next to the Laguna de la Janda, near the Strait of Gibraltar, where birds migrate, and which allows us to hypothesise about the seasonality of the fauna represented in its paintings and about the life cycle of the human communities that inhabited the area.