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Cave Engraving

Cave Engraving is a form of prehistoric visual expression consisting of incised or scratched markings on cave walls, distinguished from other cave art forms by its use of deliberate linear incision to depict figurative or abstract motifs.

41

Publications

2.6K

Citations

159

Authors

98

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

Variants

Petroglyphs

Parents

Publications

41

Engraved ochres from the Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa

Christopher S. Henshilwood, Francesco d’Errico, Ian Watts · Journal of Human Evolution · 2009 · 621 citations

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A rock engraving made by Neanderthals in Gibraltar

Joaquı́n Rodrı́guez Vidal, Francesco d’Errico, Francisco Giles Pacheco et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 362 citations · Full text

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An engraved bone fragment from c. 70,000-year-old Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa: implications for the origin of symbolism and language

Francesco d’Errico, Christopher S. Henshilwood, Peter Nilssen · Antiquity · 2001 · 206 citations

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Technological, elemental and colorimetric analysis of an engraved ochre fragment from the Middle Stone Age levels of Klasies River Cave 1, South Africa

Francesco d’Errico, Renata García Moreno, Riaan F. Rifkin · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2011 · 164 citations

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Dated Rock Engravings from Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa

Anne Thackeray, Francis Thackeray, Peter Beaumont et al. · Science · 1981 · 98 citations

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Authors

159

  1. FD
    Francesco d’Errico

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

    5

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  2. SS
    Sergio Salazar

    University of the Basque Country, Spain

    2 publications · 58 citations

    2

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  3. OR
    Olivia Rivero

    Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

    2 publications · 58 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. DG
    Diego Gárate Maidagán

    Universidad de Cantabria, Spain

    2 publications · 58 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. AQ
    Alain Queffelec

    Université de Bordeaux, France

    2 publications · 374 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 159

Institutions

98

  1. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie

    Pessac, France

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    2.1K citations

  4. University of the Basque Country

    Leioa, Spain

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    213 citations

  5. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Universidad de Cantabria

    Santander, Spain

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    130 citations

  7. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University of Castilla-La Mancha

    Ciudad Real, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

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Venues

  1. Antiquity

    6 publications · 300 citations

    6

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  2. Journal of Archaeological Science

    2 publications · 254 citations

    2

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  3. Quaternary International

    2 publications · 35 citations

    2

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  4. The South African Archaeological Bulletin

    2 publications · 119 citations

    2

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 2 publications · 444 citations

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