“No más Matildas en la investigación del arte rupestre”Historiografía –en femenino– del arte rupestre del arco mediterráneo de la península ibérica. Pioneras y primeras investigadoras

  1. Virginia Barciela González 1
  2. María Lillo Bernabeu 2
  1. 1 Instituto Universitario de investigación en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico (INAPH). Área de Prehistoria. Universidad de Alicante
  2. 2 Área de Prehistoria. Universidad de Alicante
Book:
Voces in crescendo: Del mutismo a la afonía en la historia de las mujeres en la arqueología española
  1. Díaz-Andreu, Margarita (coord.)
  2. Torres Gomariz, Octavio (coord.)
  3. Zarzuela Gutiérrez, Paloma (coord.)

Publisher: Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico (INAPH) ; Universidad de Alicante / Universitat d'Alacant

ISBN: 978-84-1302-183-6

Year of publication: 2022

Pages: 405-424

Type: Book chapter

Abstract

Since the first prehistoric rock paintings were documented more than hundred years ago, there has been a wide range of researchers that have contributed to a better knowledge of these artistic expressions. In 1915 Juan Cabré published the first general work about rock art in Spain. In 1968, two significant monographies saw the light: The Levantine rock art – by Antonio Beltrán – and The Schematic rock art in Spain – by Pilar Acosta –. She wasprobably the first woman to obtain a widespread recognition originated from her studies in this field. That fact led us to critically explore the role that women played in the initial stages of rock art research in order to make them and their proposals visible