S11B



S11B

Room 2.98

First marks, first minds: Early rock art and the emergence of symbolic thought / Premières marques, premières pensées : l’art rupestre ancien et l’émergence de la pensée symbolique

Session organizers: Sara Garcês, Hipólito Collado, Hugo Gomes, Virginia Lattao

S11B, Fri Sep 4 2026, 9:00 - 11:50, Room 2.98

9:00-9:20 - Unveiling Prehistoric Painting Materials - Analytical Insights into Pigments and Binders / Hugo Gomes, Sara Garcês, Virginia Lattao, Hipolito Collado, Carmela Vaccaro, Pierluigi Rosina

9:20-9:40 - Paleolithic Rock Art on the Adriatic Coast of Croatia: New Evidence from Romuald’s Cave and Modrič Cave / Darko Komšo, Hipolito Collado, Sara Garcês

9:40-10:00 - Semasiographic Writing from 13,000 Years Ago Northeastern Pyrenean Foothills, Ariège Department, France / Janusz Krukowski

10:00-10:20 - A Vocabulary of Touch: Embodied Markings and the Emergence of Symbolic Practice in Palaeolithic Caves / Barbara Oosterwijk

10:20-10:40 - New perspectives on the Late Upper Palaeolithic rock art of the southern British Isles  / George Nash

10:40-11:00 - Ephemeral Symbols: A Pluralistic Model for Non-Figurative Neanderthal Sign-Systems / Seth Chagi

11:00-11:30 - Coffee break

11:30-11:50 - Social Impact and Meaning of Early Figurative Art: The Swabian Aurignacian Figurines Reconsidered / Ria Litzenberg

11:50-12:10 - Re-interpreting Prehistoric Symbolism and Proto-Religious Connections: Continuity and Cultural Affinities in Edakkal, South India

 / Vysakh Ambili Santhosh

12:10-12:30 - Primitive Canvases, Complex Minds: Exploring Cultural Dimensions of Rock Arts in Central India / Nidhi  Pandey

12:30-12:50 - Rock Art at Bawa Yawan Rockshelter: New Insights into Human Behaviour during the Late Palaeolithic in the West-Central Zagros Mountains / Saman H. Guran, Samran Asiabani, Azar Janati-Mehr, Afshar Sepehri, Nemat Hariri, Faramarz Azizi