168623 20260212205631.0 doi 10.1007/s41982-020-00065-2 sideral 146785 ART-2020-146785 eng Ruiz-Redondo, Aitor Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-2584-9057 The Easternmost European Palaeolithic Artists: Iconography and Graphic Features at Kapova Cave (Southern Urals, Russia) 2020 Palaeolithic rock art is one of the most distinctive cultural traits of Upper Palaeolithic societies in Europe. Traditionally restricted to South-western Europe, especially to the Franco-Cantabrian province, in recent years, the geographic distribution of this phenomenon has noticeably expanded. Several years before these discoveries, the first decorated site found beyond southern Europe was Kapova cave, in Russia. This site, at the edge of the distribution area of European Palaeolithic art and far away from other cave sanctuaries, is key to define and understand potential long-distance cultural networks during the Upper Palaeolithic. In this paper, we present the first comprehensive inventory of the artworks, a renewed documentation of the graphic units (including the first digital tracings), the spatial distribution and the stylistic analysis of the different motifs. This led us to understand the role of Kapova within the Palaeolithic symbolism and to better integrate it in the Palaeolithic cultural dynamics. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Yanovskaya, Katherin Zhitenev, Vladislav S. 3000 695 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Antigüed. Área Prehistoria 3, 4 (2020), 967-988 J. Paleolit. Archaeol. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 2520-8217 2628691 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168623/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 1194713 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168623/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:168623 articulos driver 2026-02-12-20:38:02 ARTICLE