ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a new approach to the Levantine themes, taking the scenes of violent content as a case study. The Spanish Levantine rock art can be considered as a unique form of pictorial expression in prehistoric Europe. Prehistoric iconography has been generally dismissed from the debate concerning the characterisation of prehistoric societies, especially in those cases as Spanish Levantine rock art, in which the definition of their authorship and chrono-cultural context is problematic. The restricted selection of themes showed in Levantine panels, their regional particularities and their diachronic evolution also provide great information. The depiction of boomerang in Levantine rock art is rare, and its use in violent actions is just documented in the confrontation scene portrayed during the Cestosomatic stylistic horizon at the El Chopo rock art shelter. A different variant consisting of a sort of hat or bonnet highlights some warriors of the Los Chaparros rock art shelter.
