The Skull Chamber in the Chauvet Cave
En Route Towards a Theatre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11801059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yann-Pierre Montelle (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 10-26 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TDR/The Drama Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1054-2043 • E-ISSN: 1531-4715 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1054204322000077 |
| OpenAlex | W4283025344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
A cave bear skull from the Upper Paleolithic is carefully positioned on a modified block in the Skull Chamber of Chauvet Cave. The Skull Chamber, as the culmination of a speleological parcours, has apparently been strategically modified in order to increase its performative potential — an early architectural attempt to reconfigure a space en route towards a theatre
Archaeology · Art · Cave · Geography · Skull · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |