Rock Art Research
ORGANISATION OF A PETROGLYPH COMPLEX AT CREYSSEILLES (ARDÈCHE, FRANCE)
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Laboratoire d’Anthropologie et de Sociologie ‘Identité, Mémoire et Cognition’ (LASMIC), Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
Abstract
The sixty-eight engraved rocks of the Creysseilles plateau are distributed in two concentrations separated by a small depression. In each group a deliberate choice of certain rock surfaces is evident. Some blocks were transported from a nearby quarry. The motif range is not identical in both groups: association of the cupule and the cross motif occurs in the western area; association of the cupule, the cross motif and the arch-like motif in the eastern area. This distribution of motifs is analysed and an interpretation is attempted.