Gravettian painting and associated activity at Le Moulin de Laguenay (Lissac-sur-Couze, Corrèze)

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ID3781240
AuthorsNicolas Mélard (0000-0001-7269-3537, Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France), Romain Pigeaud (0000-0002-5231-6424, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Jérôme Primault (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Joël Rodet (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Year2010
Volume84
Issue325
Pages666-680
Publication date2010-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00100158
OpenAlexW2201416801
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited5

Presented here is the so far unique discovery and interpretation of an occupation area directly associated with Upper Palaeolithic cave paintings. The paintings, of red spots and hand stencils, overlook two hearths with selected flints. There were also fragments of stalactite, deduced by analysis and experiment to be waste products from the manufacture of beads. The authors deduce that the hearths and their assemblage complement the ritual nature of the paintings

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Cave · Cave painting · Geography · Hearth · Painting · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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