How Anthropologists Interpret Cave Art

According to Scupin and DeCorse (2013: 5), the purpose of prehistoric archaeologists is to decipher the beliefs and mindset of the past society, in particular the early residents of Europe and the United States, through substance culture like a cave . . Artwork was found in Lasko. Located in the south of France, this cave contains one of the oldest artistic expressions considered wildlife and art, and many scientists, philosophers, historians who want to understand these mysterious images (Lippit 2002: 20).

Upper Paleolithic people made art such as cave paintings, Venus statues, animal sculptures, rock paintings. Paleolithic upper class art can be divided into two categories: figurative art like a cave painting that clearly depicts animals (or fewer humans); and blurred with shapes and symbols. Modern archaeologists have explained the cave paintings in various ways. The earliest explanation of the prehistoric person Abbe Breuil was to interpret the picture as a kind of magic designed to make the murder successful. However, this hypothesis does not explain the existence of animals such as a feline toy or lion, but is not looking for food but is looking for half animal and half animal in a cave painting. A symbolic image may be more common in the Paleolithic cave painting than a depiction of animals and humans, a unique symbolic pattern may be a different traditional trademark of the Paleolithic era.

Cave paintings are the highest level of art seen in caves walls and ceilings (rock paintings and sculptures are included in this category). This term usually means prehistoric origin, but cave paintings can be produced in the near future: In the Gabarnmung cave in northern Australia, the oldest painting must have been made 28000 years ago. . The oldest cave mural is known for its history of about 40,000 years in the caves of the Western European Franco-Cantabrian region and the Indonesian Surawesi region (the oldest paleolithic art). I found. The oldest cave paintings are handmade templates and simple geometric figures, the oldest unparalleled metaphor of cave paintings is a bit old, nearly 35,000 years old.