Rock Art Research

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2005)
DOI : https://doi.org/10.56801/rar.v22i1.465
Published : May 14, 2005

THE GALERÍA DEL SÍLEX (SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA, BURGOS, SPAIN): AMS RADIOCARBON DATES OF POSTPALAEOLITHIC ROCK ART

M. García Diez (1), J. Martín i Uixan (2), M. A. Martín Merino (3), A. I. Ortega Martínez (4)

(1) Department of Geography, Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Basque Country, Spain
(2) Laboratory of Archaeology, University of Tarragona, Spain
(3) Grupo Espeleológico Edelweiss, Diputación Provincial de Burgos, Spain
(4) Department of Historic Sciences and Geography, University of Burgos, Spain
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Abstract

New datings for the rock art at Galería del Sílex allow us to relate the symbolic-ritual activity with its archaeological context, which furthermore may help to perform a provisional first outline about the post-Palaeolithic graphical development in the Iberian Peninsula.