Lisboa, Sept.  4 – 9,  2006
WS 34 – Symbolism in Rock Art

SYMBOLISM IN ROCK ART

an introductory overview

Léo Dubal (Francia)  

 Strikingly similar Rock Art Symbols, painted or engraved,
 have been found all over the world.
Nevertheless…
a  comprehensive inventory
remains to be made.
Let us try to sketch such an inventory  
on the framework of 
three symbol classes

1.         iconical
2. artifactiform
3.         initiatic

1. Iconical symbols  

 stroke


pubic triangle

hand 
 

                              ...polydactil


             TANIT' s hand 


foot…

…. horned head

El Toro paleolitico de Cheles 

…. orants

2. artifactiform

shoe print

paddle


arrow              metallic artifacts, 


horseshoe
 

3. "initiatic"  

 point  or  cupmark


cruciform
 

  yin-yang rose


spirals

concentric circles

 

labyrinthic womb
 

disk...

...+ crescent




 
Pitiüses 2005.10.03/08:50 UT ….. naked eye observation

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