The life and death of Atlantic Rock Art

The lecture:
Atlantic Rock Art, known for its cup-marks, rings and other circular iconography was being extensively carved on open-air outcrops and boulders across many landscapes of Western Europe during the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE. While much has been said and written about these enigmatic marks, many questions remain unanswered. This lecture will reflect on the importance of this tradition for past societies, and discuss its creation, use and change, towards the mid 3rd millennium BCE.
About the lecturer:
Dr Joana Valdez-Tullett FSAScot is a prehistorian and rock art specialist. She has been working with rock art of various periods since 2003, from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age, in a number of European countries. Joana completed her PhD in 2017 at the University of Southampton, with the thesis ‘Design and Connectivity: the case of Atlantic Rock Art’, exploring carvings and Neolithic connectivity in Atlantic Europe. Her research interests include computer applications to archaeology, connectivity and the intersection between archaeology and contemporary art.