The Upper Palaeolithic rock art of Portugal in its Iberian context

This text presents a synthesis of what is known of Palaeolithic rock art in Portugal.We observe, in Portugal, a great graphic homogeneity in pre-Magdalenian rock art and considerable differences between the southern and northern rock art during the Magdalenian.However, during the Pleistocene/Holocene transition, we recognize a new process of homogenization of Portuguese rock art.This evolution is, nevertheless, perfectly explained when we take into account the wider Iberian context of Upper Palaeolithic rock art.