Through out archaeology there are countless findings of bones just being scattered across with no meaning of placement but there are some that indicate meaning of love and care. An example of this would be Shanidar IV. Shanidar IV was a Neanderthal found in Iraq. Shanidar IV’s burial wasn’t one to just look over because it had much significance and possible insight into further empathy in which the Neanderthals were capable of (Solecki: 880). There are a few reasons why Shanidar was such an intriguing find, this was because of the bones found. There were bones of an infant, two females, and a male (880). This was especially interesting because of the placement of the bones (880). The baby was laid first, following with the females and the male…show more content… Due to our modern expectation of art it can make it difficult as to what art can be considered. In my eyes are I assume the eyes of those who are in favour of the Neanderthals cognitively being capable of art is the expression of feeling and passion. This is attainable in many ways. In a cave in France’s Loire Valley an artifact was found, a piece of rock that had resemblance of a human or Neanderthal face (Chao: Abstract). For many, this was a further confirmation of cognitive appearance in the Neanderthals life. Others like zoo archaeologist Nerissa Russell was stubborn claiming that just because their resemblance doesn’t make it a face (Chao: Abstract). Despite her probable bias against cognitive advance in Neanderthals she is ignoring the notion that a person from the Neanderthal species intended to create marks on a piece of rock. Putting biases aside, it is hard to ignore the fact of intent of creation. In modern day there are tones of art that is considered “trash” and some art work literally uses trash to create modern art! If a pile of trash is considered art, how could it be looked over that a rock with engravings in it isn’t? Findings like this rock engraving is just the beginning of these findings of Neanderthal art. A further example is panting and or engravings in Gibraltar. In Gibraltar
