La reapropiación de los espacios simbólicos subterráneos durante el Paleolítico superior: una propuesta metodológica desde las cuevas de La Peña de Candamo y El Castillo

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The main goal of this Master dissertation is to develop a new methodology for the study of rock art which allow to gain more knowledge about the human cultural codes of the Upper Palaeolithic. This methodology addresses the study of the rock art of Muro de los Grabados panel (La Peña de Candamo cave) and Panel de las Manos (El Castillo cave) from spatial, temporal, technique and stylistic perspectives, applying new technologies. Therefore, our purpose is to improve the understanding of the reappropriation systems of subterranean symbolic spaces of the Upper Palaeolithic, focusing on caves with recurrent use evidences. On one hand, we have identified figures that play a principal role in these panels as a link between the different decorative periods, in relation with the Palaeolithic sanctuary concept. On the other hand, reuses of figures have been found in periods after been carried out, following the etnoarchaeological interpretation of aggregation sites. Thus, this study takes a further step in the knowledge of the behaviour of the societies who inhabited the Cantabrian Region during this long period of time in relation with their graphical parietal manifestations.