More than horse paintings in Ekain Cave (Deba, Gipuzkoa): Palaeolithic digital engravings in Western Europe
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https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.2018.12208Keywords:
Palaeolithic cave art, Basque Country, Upper Palaeolithic, Magdalenian, Digital engravingsAbstract
Technological advances are enabling the discovery of new caves with rock art and of new graphic units in already known and studied caves. In this framework, a discovery was made in an unexplored gallery in Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa), a small passage named La Fontana. Figurative representations (horses) and non-figurative marks (simple strokes) were traced on both walls using digital engraving on decalcified clay. This discovery prompted the re-study of depictions executed with the same technique in the final part of Azkenzaldei gallery, where a new ensemble of representations, mostly non-figurative, was also found. Since it is impossible to date these representations directly, we apply a stylistic analysis to establish their chronology. The comparison with other depictions in the same cave might point towards their execution during advanced phases of the Magdalenian.
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