Prehistoric rock art of the valley Ca

Shelter Chimiachas, Spain

Burning the Valcamonica

R'cheg Dirhem, Algeria, hartebeest and character (L: 180 cm)

The term "rock art" means all works of art at large (without aesthetic appreciation) made by man on rocks, usually outdoors. It corresponds to the English-speaking rock art , and most authors now opposed to the parietal art (art on the walls of caves and ) but also the furniture art (which can move) and the art on block. This form of art occupies a major part in the prehistoric art. His practice was continued until the present it is not the result of an ethnic group or a particular culture, but has spread around the world using a universal distribution.

According prehistorian Emmanuel Anati , there are 45 million rock paintings on rocks and in caves, on 170 000 sites in 160 countries ^{Geographic distribution}

Among the most famous sites:

• In Europe
  • The Valley Ca in Portugal ( Upper Paleolithic ), the Valley of Marvels in France ( Bronze Age ) and Valcamonica in Italy (especially the Copper Age , Bronze Age and Iron Age ) are some examples of rock art among the most famous;
  • The Paleolithic shelters scupts to daylight (Cap Blanc Roc Wizards) or who provided blocks carved and painted (around Les Eyzies)
  • The rock art sites of the Mediterranean basin of Spain.
• In Africa
  • In southern Africa include the Apollo 11 cave dating from 26,000 years, the cave Wonderwerk and shelter Game Pass in the Drakensberg Mountains ;
  • The Sahara also features many rock art sites as to Tissonka and Djabarren ( 6000 to 4000 BC.) south of the Atlas Mountains or in the Tibesti region but especially in the Tassili n'Ajjer in Algeria ;
  • The site Laas Gaal , dating from 9000 to 3000 BC. BC, discovered in 2002 in Somalia , has certainly the best preserved rock paintings in Africa. Many sites are also present in the Horn of Africa , as in Eritrea and Ethiopia , particularly in the region of Tigray.
• In North America
  • Great Gallery ( Utah ), Pecos River ( Texas , Mexico ), Coso Range ( California ) .
  • In China , at Damaidi , in the autonomous region Hui of Ningxia , rock paintings date from the Paleolithic ( 20,000 to 30,000 ) among them, a female figure is close to some Paleolithic Venus of Greece or Australia .

Bibliography

• Valerie Feruglio, "The handprints in rock art," in Beaubatie Yannick (ed.), Footprints, Tulle, Mille Sources, 2004, p. 161-170.

References

Internal Links

• Prehistoric Art
• Petroglyph , rock carving.
• Petroglyphs South Oran (Algeria)
• Petroglyphs Tassili (Algeria)
• Rock inscription of the oppidum of Castellan

External Links

• (En) The site of the Friends of Rock Art Sahara (RSAF)
• (En) Recent discoveries of rock art by Jean Clottes , Conservator General of Heritage.
• (En) Jean Clottes, rock art on Icomos.org (accessed 02/09/2010)
• Presentation of the World Digital Library in 3008 Paint Rock S00568, Bethlehem, Dihlabeng, District Municipality, Free State.'' University of Pretoria. "San" cave paintings, from South Africa, dating from 8000 AD, are among the oldest items on the World Digital Library.

• Portal Prehistory

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