cave painting @ roca dels moros, in el cogul
this period—from c. 8,000 bce in near east—was profound change ancient humans, became more sedentary , settled began engage in agriculture , animal husbandry. along these changes, new forms of social coexistence , religion developed. rock art of iberian mediterranean basin—dated between mesolithic , neolithic eras—contained small, schematic paintings of human figures, notable examples in el cogul, valltorta, alpera , minateda.
this kind of painting similar paintings found in northern africa (atlas, sahara) , in area of modern zimbabwe. neolithic painting schematic, reduced basic strokes (men in form of cross , women in triangular shape). there cave paintings in pinturas river in argentina, cueva de las manos. in portable art, style called cardium pottery produced, decorated imprints of seashells. new materials used in art, such amber, crystals found in rock, quartz , jasper. in period, first traces of urbanistic planimetry appeared, such remains in tell as-sultan (jericho), jarmo (iraq) , Çatalhöyük (anatolia).
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