Thematic changes in Upper Palaeolithic art: a view from the Grotte Chauvet

1 June 1996

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Vol. 70 (268) , 276-288
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00083277

Abstract

Trustworthy dates on charcoal from the classic European painted caves have given a sharper view of images and their making in the later Palaeolithic. The new Grotte Chauvet has its own original themes, revealing a striking and an unexpected Aurignacian art with — again — dates from charcoal in which one can have confidence.

Keywords

ART
PALAEOLITHIC
DATES FROM CHARCOAL
CONFIDENCE
PAINTED
TRUSTWORTHY
LATER
THEMATIC
CAVES

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