Discovered on December 18, 1994, it is considered one of the most significant prehistoric art sites and the UN’s cultural agency UNESCO granted it World Heritage status in 2014. Hundreds of animal paintings have been catalogued (lions, mammoths, horses, aurochs, etc.). This combination of subjects has led some students of prehistoric art and cultures to believe that there was a ritual, shamanic, or magical aspect to these paintings.
Collection: Images, Multimedia, Texts
Project: 10. Churches and religions in Europe.
Chronology: Two periods of habitation, one 37,000 to 33,500 years ago and the second from 31,000 to 28,000 years ago
Scope: Secondary Education, Higher Education
Link: https://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/chauvet/fr/visiter-grotte?
Resource type: Virtual visit
Format: Images|Texts|Multimedia
Source: Musée d'Archéologie nationale domaine Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Ministére de la culture
Language: French and English
Date: two periods of habitation, one 37,000 to 33,500 years ago and the second from 31,000 to 28,000 years ago
Owner: Filippo Galletti (Modernalia)
Copyright: Musée d'Archéologie nationale domaine Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Ministére de la culture
Abstract: Virtual visit of the cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life.
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