The Cantabrian Lower Magdalenian striated hinds on scapulae: Towards a new definition of a graphic morphotype

From the graphic point of view, the theme of the “striated hind” is a true fossil director of the Cantabrian Lower Magdalenian. Represented for the most part on scapulae in the case of portable art, it also possesses its correlation in parietal art. The C14 dates currently available do not allow any...

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Published in:Quaternary international 2019-02, Vol.506, p.69-79
Main Authors: Rivero, Olivia, Garate, Diego, Salazar, Sergio, Intxaurbe, Iñaki
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cantabrian lower magdalenian
Formal analysis
Striated hind. microscopic analysis
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Summary:From the graphic point of view, the theme of the “striated hind” is a true fossil director of the Cantabrian Lower Magdalenian. Represented for the most part on scapulae in the case of portable art, it also possesses its correlation in parietal art. The C14 dates currently available do not allow any doubts about its chrono-cultural attribution. However, the concept of “striated engraving”, referring to a technical/stylistic resource, has been used much more expansively to characterize chronologically a large number of representations of doubtful attribution. Therefore, this paper will define, from a precise study of technical characteristics involving both microscopic and formal analysis, the “striated hind” morphotype, as opposed to the notion of “striated engraving”, which will also be reviewed in the light of the formal and technical data available. This redefinition will enable us to address more precisely the dispersion across space and time of this graphic resource so characteristic of the Cantabrian Lower Magdalenian.
ISSN:1040-6182
1873-4553
DOI:10.1016/j.quaint.2019.01.037