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Title: | Bovine depictions in Maltese prehistoric art |
Authors: | Savona-Ventura, Charles Mifsud, Anton |
Keywords: | Prehistory -- Malta Art, Prehistoric -- Malta Cattle in art Għar Ħasan (Birżebbuġa, Malta) Hypogeum (Paola, Malta) Tarxien Temples (Tarxien, Malta) Ġgantija Temples (Xagħra, Malta) Anthropometry Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (Paola, Malta) |
Issue Date: | 1999-11 |
Publisher: | Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici |
Citation: | Savona-Ventura, C. & Mifsud, A. (1999). Bovine depictions in Maltese prehistoric art. Bollettino del Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici, XXXI-XXXII, 115-121 |
Abstract: | Maltese prehistoric art has several examples depicting bulls and cows. The earliest depictions appear as cave paintings and suggest a long-horned bull variety. These cave paintings have features suggestive of Palaeolithic art. Late Neolithic depictions of bulls and cows exist as bas-reliefs, pottery depictions, or models. These pictorial representations confirm the skeletal record and suggest the bull to have been a humped, long-horned variety showing close similarities to the modern day Ankole-Wattusi Cattle which originated in Africa. Measurement ratios of the Neolithic bovid depictions were compared to similar measurement taken from photographs of the modern day Maltese humped, short-horned breed of bull. These measurements confirm a statistically significant difference, probably resulting from subsequent evolution of the species and pictorial licence. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/24257 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SOG |
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