Closely Observed Animals, Hunter-Gatherers, and Visual Imagery in Upper Paleolithic Art

Parallels are often made between the culture of San hunter-gatherers of southern Africa and that of European Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers. Despite different environmental conditions and lifestyles, the fact that both groups live by hunting provides a point of comparison that can afford insight...

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Published in:Evolutionary studies in imaginative culture 2017-10, Vol.1 (2), p.59-72
Main Author: Hodgson, Derek
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
caves
hunter-gatherers
San
Upper Paleolithic art
visual perception
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Summary:Parallels are often made between the culture of San hunter-gatherers of southern Africa and that of European Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers. Despite different environmental conditions and lifestyles, the fact that both groups live by hunting provides a point of comparison that can afford insights into Ice Age art. Focusing on both groups' hunting relationships with prey animals can illuminate the intermeshing of human and animal traits in Upper Paleolithic art. We can now give a fairly precise account of the cognitive and affective neurological mechanisms that facilitate hunting and that also have an impact on depicting animals.
ISSN:2472-9876
DOI:10.26613/esic.1.2.48