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000161116 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-2584-9057$$aRuiz-Redondo, Aitor$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000161116 245__ $$aSymbolic Use of Clay Before Pottery: Insights from the Palaeolithic Rock Art Site of Cova Dones (Eastern Iberia)
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000161116 5203_ $$aThe use of clay for symbolic or ritual activities can be confidently traced back to the Palaeolithic. One of the earliest documented examples is the presence of clay-based paintings at European Upper Palaeolithic cave sites. However, references to such artworks are scarce, and almost no attention has been given to the study of their technical and graphic characteristics. The recent discovery of Cova Dones (Spain), which contains nearly a hundred clay-painted motifs, has enabled us to analyse previously unexplored aspects of this rock art. In this article, we reconstruct the chaîne opératoire of these motifs and establish a typology of their various states based on taphonomic alterations. Our aim is to compile, define, and present a series of evidence that can be identified as Palaeolithic clay paintings or associated with different phases of their chaîne opératoire based on the rich graphic record of Cova Dones. This catalogue is intended to assist archaeologists in identifying this type of evidence in other cave sites.
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000161116 700__ $$aMartorell, Ximo
000161116 700__ $$aDaniel Gil, Malena
000161116 700__ $$aGarín, Xabier
000161116 700__ $$aBarciela, Virginia
000161116 7102_ $$13000$$2695$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Antigüed.$$cÁrea Prehistoria
000161116 773__ $$g32, 3 (2025), 21 pp.$$pJOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY$$tJOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY$$x1072-5369
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