Schematic rock paintings on granite in the province of Cáceres: the examples of the Cueva Larga del Pradillo and the Canchalejos de Belén (Trujillo)

Abstract

An analysis is made of the representations belonging to two sites of schematic cave paintings located in a granitic area in the municipality of Trujillo (Cáceres): the Cueva Larga del Pradillo and the Canchalejos de Belén. Both sites are known of old, but only partially published, and one no longer exists. Reflections are made on the generic characteristics of these types of cave-art sites and their pictorial representations, on the state of cave-art investigations in Upper Extremadura, and on their chronological framework and socio-cultural context.

Keywords

• pintura esquemática
• batolito granítico
• trujillo
• neolítico
• calcolítico