Published 1996
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Journal article
Recent discoveries of Paleolithic cave painting in France
Description
In a few years, discoveries of cave paintings in France have increased considerably. Two of them were particularly impressive and are now famous worldwide. The first one is the Cosquer cave, discovered in 1991 under the sea level near Marseille. The second is the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave, discovered in 1994 in Ardeche. However, other discoveries were less mediatized but provided a huge amount of informations: in 10 years, 24 new cave painting sites were described. This paper describes these recent discoveries (paintings, engravings), and a special emphasis is given to the analyses of pigments and to the radiocarbon dating of the archaeological specimens. (J.S.). 37 refs., 3 figs., 9 photos
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Decouvertes recentes d'art parietal paleolithique en France
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Serie Generale, la Vie des Sciences
- Journal Volume
- 13
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 39-52.
- ISSN
- 0762-0969
- CODEN
- CRAGET
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 28006946
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON 14; CAVES; CULTURAL OBJECTS; ISOTOPE DATING; PIGMENTS; PRESERVATION; QUATERNARY PERIOD
- Descriptors DEC
- AGE ESTIMATION; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CAVITIES; CENOZOIC ERA; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GEOLOGIC AGES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES