Concept information
Preferred term
rock art
Definition
- Rock art is painted, engraved, or scratched elements (signs, figures, writings) on rocky surfaces such as open-air rocks, caves, decorated menhir, boulders, and slabs. It may also include portable art and other forms of artistic representations of prehistoric populations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Rock Art]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/rock_art
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