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Can an Aurignacian age for the Chauvet cave paintings be maintained?

The cave of Chauvet (Southeastern France) became instantly famous after its discovery in 1994, now exactly 20 years ago. 425 painted and engraved figures were found in the cave, with a wide variety of themes and all with an excellent state of preservation. It became a key site for recent studies of parietal art, especially…

February 24, 2014 in Uncategorized.

Can we reliably identify if handprints in prehistoric caves were made by males or females?

Recent years there has been a focus on estimating the gender of prehistoric artists who left hand stencils in caves and rock shelters around the world. This includes the famous Upper Palaeolithic handprints in Spain and France, as well as studies on more recent handprints from South Africa and Australia. These gender identifications are based…

February 12, 2014 in Uncategorized.

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