Coming back to Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa): a new Upper Palaeolithic graphic ensemble in the Erdibide Passage
Ekain cave (Deba, Gipuzkoa) has been researched for the last five decades and has been kept closed to the general public. This fact has allowed an exceptional preservation of the depictions. The re-study of rock art sites discovered during the 20th century and the improvement of the survey and recor...
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doaj-d906f2a181a54448b9deb0ba6b64016d2020-11-25T02:19:17ZdeuSociedad de Ciencias AranzadiMunibe Antropologia-Arkeologia1132-22172172-45552019-12-017010.21630/maa.2019.70.10Coming back to Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa): a new Upper Palaeolithic graphic ensemble in the Erdibide PassageBlanca OchoaIrene Vigiola-ToñaMarcos García-DíezEkain cave (Deba, Gipuzkoa) has been researched for the last five decades and has been kept closed to the general public. This fact has allowed an exceptional preservation of the depictions. The re-study of rock art sites discovered during the 20th century and the improvement of the survey and recording methodologies are allowing significant advances in the Upper Palaeolithic research. In this paper we present a new graphic ensemble in the entrance gallery to Ekain cave, also known as Erdibide. We located several pigment stains, a triangular sign and an incomplete depiction of a bison, all drawn in red. This taxon is not new in the cave: other bison have previously been registered in black, red or even engraved; they are incomplete and, in general, lack internal details. Because of this there is a contrast with the horses, technically and stylistically more elaborated. The style of these bison, ascribed mostly to the Niaux morphotype, allows to associate them to the middle-to-late Magdalenian and would, probably, be culturally synchronic to the horses that characterise the cave. _____________________________________________ La cueva de Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa) ha sido estudiada durante las últimas cinco décadas y se ha mantenido cerrada al público general por motivos de conservación, hecho que ha permitido que las grafías se preserven de una manera excepcional. El re-estudio de los conjuntos descubiertos durante el siglo XX junto con la mejora de los métodos de prospección y registro está permitiendo nuevos avances en la investigación del arte paleolítico cantábrico. En este artículo presentamos un nuevo conjunto gráfico descubierto en la galería de entrada a la cueva de Ekain conocida como Erdibide. Se han localizado restos de pigmento, un signo triangular y una representación parcial de bisonte en color rojo. Este taxón no constituye una representación nueva en la cueva. Se han registrado previamente otros, tanto pintados en negro o en rojo e incluso grabados; se caracterizan por estar incompletos y carecer, prácticamente, de detalles internos, hecho que contrasta con los caballos, técnica y estilísticamente más elaborados. El estilo característico de estos bisontes, adscritos al tipo Niaux, permite asociarlos a la fase media-avanzada del Magdaleniense y serían, muy probablemente, culturalmente sincrónicos al numeroso conjunto de caballos de la cueva.http://www.aranzadi.eus/fileadmin/docs/Munibe/maa.2019.70.10.pdfupper palaeolithicrock artbisonmagdaleniancultural networkscantabrian region. |
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Blanca Ochoa Irene Vigiola-Toña Marcos García-Díez Coming back to Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa): a new Upper Palaeolithic graphic ensemble in the Erdibide Passage Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia upper palaeolithic rock art bison magdalenian cultural networks cantabrian region. |
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Blanca Ochoa Irene Vigiola-Toña Marcos García-Díez |
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Coming back to Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa): a new Upper Palaeolithic graphic ensemble in the Erdibide Passage |
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Coming back to Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa): a new Upper Palaeolithic graphic ensemble in the Erdibide Passage |
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Coming back to Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa): a new Upper Palaeolithic graphic ensemble in the Erdibide Passage |
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Coming back to Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa): a new Upper Palaeolithic graphic ensemble in the Erdibide Passage |
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Coming back to Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa): a new Upper Palaeolithic graphic ensemble in the Erdibide Passage |
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coming back to ekain (deba, gipuzkoa): a new upper palaeolithic graphic ensemble in the erdibide passage |
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Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi |
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Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia |
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1132-2217 2172-4555 |
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Ekain cave (Deba, Gipuzkoa) has been researched for the last five decades and has been kept closed to the general public. This fact has allowed an exceptional preservation of the depictions. The re-study of rock art sites discovered during the 20th century and the improvement of the survey and recording methodologies are allowing significant advances in the Upper Palaeolithic research. In this paper we present a new
graphic ensemble in the entrance gallery to Ekain cave, also known as Erdibide. We located several pigment stains, a triangular sign and an incomplete depiction of a bison, all drawn in red. This taxon is not new in the cave: other bison have previously been registered in black, red
or even engraved; they are incomplete and, in general, lack internal details. Because of this there is a contrast with the horses, technically and stylistically more elaborated. The style of these bison, ascribed mostly to the Niaux morphotype, allows to associate them to the middle-to-late Magdalenian and would, probably, be culturally synchronic to the horses that characterise the cave.
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La cueva de Ekain (Deba, Gipuzkoa) ha sido estudiada durante las últimas cinco décadas y se ha mantenido cerrada al público general por motivos de conservación, hecho que ha permitido que las grafías se preserven de una manera excepcional. El re-estudio de los conjuntos
descubiertos durante el siglo XX junto con la mejora de los métodos de prospección y registro está permitiendo nuevos avances en la investigación del arte paleolítico cantábrico. En este artículo presentamos un nuevo conjunto gráfico descubierto en la galería de entrada a la cueva de Ekain conocida como Erdibide. Se han localizado restos de pigmento, un signo triangular y una representación parcial de bisonte en color rojo. Este taxón no constituye una representación nueva en la cueva. Se han registrado previamente otros, tanto pintados en negro o en rojo e incluso grabados; se caracterizan por estar incompletos y carecer, prácticamente, de detalles internos, hecho que contrasta con los caballos, técnica y estilísticamente más elaborados. El estilo característico de estos bisontes, adscritos al tipo Niaux, permite asociarlos a la fase media-avanzada del Magdaleniense y serían, muy probablemente, culturalmente sincrónicos al numeroso conjunto de caballos de la cueva. |
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upper palaeolithic rock art bison magdalenian cultural networks cantabrian region. |
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http://www.aranzadi.eus/fileadmin/docs/Munibe/maa.2019.70.10.pdf |
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