Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.41.2.1
Prehistoric Schematic Rock Art in the Eastern Adriatic: the discovery of Rock Art at the Badanj II rock shelter (Bosnia and Herzegovina) viewed from the Western Mediterranean
Virginia Barciela González
orcid.org/0000-0002-9623-8982
; University of Alicante, Institute for Research in Archaeology and Historical Heritage (INAPH), Department of Prehistory, Archaeology, Ancient History, Greek and Latin, Alicante, Spain
Aitor Ruiz-Redondo
orcid.org/0000-0002-2584-9057
; University of Zaragoza, Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences of Aragon (IUCA), Zaragoza, Spain
Ante Vujnović
; Tumulus Ltd., Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nikola Vukosavljević
orcid.org/0000-0002-9369-2813
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
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* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Research on post-Palaeolithic schematic rock art has changed substantially since its identification and definition almost a century ago. In the areas where this phenomenon is extensively studied (such as South and East Iberia), a chronological and cultural sequence has been established. This is due to the large number of rock art finds and the study of their archaeological context, which includes numerous portable art analogies. Based on this documentation, it has been proposed that its origins lie in the Early Neolithic and that it persisted until the Chalcolithic (c. 6th – 3rd millennium cal BC) or even, in some areas, until the Bronze Age. In this paper, we present the recent discovery of graphic motifs with similar characteristics in the Badanj II rock shelter. In the context of other finds in the Western and Central Mediterranean, this is an interesting indicator that leads us to suggest a connection between this graphic expression and the dispersion, establishment, and consolidation of Neolithic groups in Europe.
Keywords
Schematic rock art; Neolithic; Western and Central Mediterranean; Eastern Adriatic
Hrčak ID:
324715
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Publication date:
20.12.2024.
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