Dating and taphonomy of Pleistocene rock art

• Autores: Robert G. Bednarik
• Localización: Préhistoire, art et sociétés: bulletin de la Société Préhistorique de l'Ariège, ISSN 1954-5045, Nº. 65-66, 2010-2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: L'art pléistocène dans le monde), págs. 188-189
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this broad overview the corpus of world rock art is defined and compared with the known distribution of Pleistocene rock art. The discrepancies are related to relative research efforts, to the taphonomy of rock art, and to issues relating to the age estimation of rock art. As each of these factors is examined, it becomes apparent that there have been significant distortions in the ways Pleistocene rock art has been characterized and defined. Most particularly, the taphonomic distortions remain inadequately understood and their effects are identified and explained.