Rock Paintings of Southern Andalusia: a Description of a Neolithic and Copper Age Art Group

Abstract

There are already several important treatises on the Upper Palolithic art in the caves of France and northern Spain. There are also several memoirs on the peculiar art, probably of the same age, in the rock shelters of eastern Spain. The subsequent development of this art, however, has not hitherto been exhaustively treated: only a few scattered papers have shown that there is ample material for the purpose in the rock shelters of southern and south-eastern Spain. Since 1913, when the Abbé Breuil and Mr. Miles Burkitt made some preliminary explorations and observations, the Abbé has devoted several seasons to the task of tracing all the more important examples of this later art and making notes in the field. Sir Montagu Pollock has translated and edited the notes for publication, and Mr. Burkitt has added some introductory and concluding general remarks. The result is a handsome volume, illustrated not only by photographs and text-figures, but also by several coloured plates, of which two are due to the generosity of the Marquis of Bute. Rock Paintings of Southern Andalusia: a Description of a Neolithic and Copper Age Art Group. By the Abbé Henri Breuil M. C. Burkitt; with the collaboration of Sir Montagu Pollock. Pp. xii + 88 + 34 plates. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1929.) 63s. net.