The European paleolithic art of the Nile Valley
Forthcoming.
Forthcoming.
It was predicted a year ago based on their related style (Guy, 2010); the results from radiometric dating confirm it: the recently discovered paintings in Romania’s Coliboaia Cave are contemporaneous with those at Chauvet (circa 32,000 BP – before present). The two cavities were therefore decorated, in all likelihood, by Aurignacians – the name of [...]
Des représentations paléolithiques ont été récemment découvertes en Roumanie dans la grotte Coliboaia. Tous recensés dans une même galerie, ces dessins ont été principalement réalisés au charbon de bois à l’exception de quelques gravures. D’après les quelques photos publiées, la parenté de style entre ces représentations et celles de la grotte Chauvet en Ardèche est [...]
As we already know, the wall paintings of the Chauvet cave are attributed to the Aurignacians; Twenty-two separate radiocarbonic datings carried out directly on the wall-paintings and the ground indicate that they were done between 32 000 and 30 000 years B.C. (Clottes 2001). According to J. Clottes, who directed the field work in the [...]