Towards a More Rigorous Definition of Terms: Are there Scenes in European Palaeolithic Art?

The paper focuses on definitions of terms used somewhat loosely in rock art research: composition, juxtaposition, association, scene. Its argument is synchronic, so historical layering of sites is not relevant to it. Definitions are based on an analysis of perception, so it is phenomenological, though not in the popular sense of “postmodern”. But isn’t perception subjective? Certainly it is not objective. Evolution ensures that our seeing works, but not merely subjectively – since subjective ...