There is a debate among archaeologists, anthropologists and psychologists about whether prehistoric people were violent and warlike or whether there was widespread peace in prehistory. A new archaeological study has found that Neolithic cave paintings in eastern Spain along the Mediterranean Sea show some images of violence, but such art from the period is not universal.
“The portrayal of violence in Levantine paintings is restricted to just a few examples and types of violent acts: battles; ambushes; execution squads; fighting or combat; and wounded archers,” writes Professor Esther Lòpez-Montalvo of the University of Toulouse, France, in the April 2015 issue of the journal Antiquity. “There are also other representations of violence and death that may be considered exceptional by their uniqueness.”
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