Cave art : a guide to the decorated Ice Age caves of Europe /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bahn, Paul G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing, 2024.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Inside cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents Page
  • Introduction
  • Cave Art
  • Periods
  • Symbols used in this guide
  • Map 1
  • Map 2
  • The Sites
  • UNITED KINGDOM
  • CHURCH HOLE AND ROBIN HOOD'S CAVE
  • FRANCE
  • LA GRANDE GROTTE D'ARCY-SUR-CURE
  • LA GROTTE MARGOT / MAYENNE-SCIENCES
  • LA CHAIRE à CALVIN
  • ANGLES-SUR-L'ANGLIN (LE ROC-AUX-SORCIERS)
  • LE PLACARD
  • LE ROC DE SERS (FACSIMILE)
  • FONT DE GAUME
  • LES COMBARELLES
  • CAP BLANC
  • ABRI PATAUD and CAVE PATAUD (ABRI MOVIUS)
  • ROUFFIGNAC
  • BERNIFAL
  • ABRI DU POISSON (AND LAUGERIE HAUTE)
  • SAINT-CIRQ
  • BARA-BAHAU
  • VILLARS
  • ABRI REVERDIT (CASTEL-MERLE)
  • LASCAUX II
  • LASCAUX IV (Centre International de l'Art Pariétal)
  • MUSÉE NATIONAL DE PRÉHISTOIRE (LES EYZIES)
  • COUGNAC
  • GROTTE DES MERVEILLES
  • PECH-MERLE
  • PAIR-NON-PAIR
  • MUSÉE D'AQUITAINE
  • ISTURITZ AND OXOCELHAYA
  • GARGAS
  • BÉDEILHAC
  • NIAUX
  • PARC DE LA PRÉHISTOIRE (PREHISTORIC PARK)
  • CHAUVET 2
  • COSQUER MÉDITERRANÉE
  • MUSÉE D'ARCHÉOLOGIE NATIONALE
  • SPAIN
  • EKAINBERRI
  • SANTIMAMIÑE
  • COVALANAS
  • ALTAMIRA II
  • CHUFÍN
  • EL CASTILLO
  • LAS MONEDAS
  • HORNOS DE LA PEÑA
  • EL PENDO
  • SALITRE II (SOPEÑA)
  • EL PINDAL
  • EL BUXU
  • TITO BUSTILLO
  • LA LOJA
  • LA PEÑA DE CANDAMO
  • (AND INTERPRETATION CENTRE)
  • PARQUE DE LA PREHISTORIA DE TEVERGA
  • LOS CASARES
  • LA PILETA
  • ARDALES (CUEVA DE DOÑA TRINIDAD)
  • SIEGA VERDE
  • DOMINGO GARCÍA (CERRO DE SAN ISIDRO)
  • MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL
  • PORTUGAL
  • ESCOURAL (AND INTERPRETATION CENTRE)
  • CÔA VALLEY
  • ITALY
  • LEVANZO (GROTTA DEL GENOVESE)
  • GROTTA DEI PUNTALI
  • CARINI (PA)
  • GROTTA DEL CAVIGLIONE E BALZI ROSSI
  • RIPARO DI ROMITO
  • Acknowledgements
  • Captions and Credits
  • The Isturitz panel in its context.
  • Hand stencils in Cosquer Méditerranée.
  • Sculpted ibex on a block from Roc de Sers, in the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale.
  • The leaping horse from Font de Gaume.
  • Engraved horse and ibex at Penascosa, Côa Valley.
  • Bison on the ceiling of the Altamira facsimile.
  • Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira, Ministerio de Cultura de España.
  • Aurochs cow and horse in the Axial Gallery of Lascaux.
  • Bison engraving in Church Hole.
  • 'Ibis' in engraving and bas-relief on the ceiling of Church Hole.
  • Mammoth in the Grande Grotte d'Arcy.
  • Opposite: The 'blue rhinoceros' in the Grotte Margot (tracing after Dufayet).
  • The frieze at La Chaire à Calvin.
  • Cast of ibex figures in the sculpted frieze of the Roc-aux-Sorciers.
  • Tracing of some of the engravings at Le Placard (after Feruglio).
  • Replicas of the blocks comprising the frieze at Le Roc de Sers.
  • Deer and bison figures in Font de Gaume.
  • The two reindeer in Font de Gaume.
  • The feline engraving of Les Combarelles.
  • Head of the central horse at Cap Blanc.
  • The sculpted ibex on the ceiling of the Cave Pataud.
  • Mammoth and ibex on the Rouffignac ceiling.