abstract Cupules are one of the eldest designs of petroglyphs in the whole world.The current archaeological information demonstrates that the cupules are the only petroglyph images of the palaeolithic in China.Cupules...abstract Cupules are one of the eldest designs of petroglyphs in the whole world.The current archaeological information demonstrates that the cupules are the only petroglyph images of the palaeolithic in China.Cupules were executed on rock surface combined other images,such as rings,concentric circles,masls as well,during the Mesolithic and the Neolithic Ages.The cupule petroglyphs in China could be divided into three types in accordance with different assemblage in different age.Type A,type B and type C are correspondingly attributed to the Palaeolithic,the Mesolithicthe and Neolithic.Distributions of cupules in different ages show a diffusion from south to north in China.展开更多
文摘abstract Cupules are one of the eldest designs of petroglyphs in the whole world.The current archaeological information demonstrates that the cupules are the only petroglyph images of the palaeolithic in China.Cupules were executed on rock surface combined other images,such as rings,concentric circles,masls as well,during the Mesolithic and the Neolithic Ages.The cupule petroglyphs in China could be divided into three types in accordance with different assemblage in different age.Type A,type B and type C are correspondingly attributed to the Palaeolithic,the Mesolithicthe and Neolithic.Distributions of cupules in different ages show a diffusion from south to north in China.