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The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (French: Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc [ɡʁɔt ʃovɛ pɔ̃ daʁk]) in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, [1] as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. [2]
Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a 2010 3D documentary film by Werner Herzog about the Chauvet Cave in Southern France, which contains some of the oldest human-painted images yet discovered—some of them were crafted around 32,000 years ago.
The Caverne du Pont-d'Arc, Chauvet 2, is a replica of the Chauvet Cave in the commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, in the department of Ardèche and in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Construction began in October 2012 and it was opened to the public in 2015.
The Aven d'Orgnac is one of Ardèche's many protected caves. Balazuc (Latin: Baladunum) was founded circa 3000 BCE. Humans have inhabited the area at least since the Upper Paleolithic, as attested by the famous cave paintings at Chauvet Pont d'Arc.
Dominique Baffier is a French archaeologist and prehistorian who specialises in paleolithic cave paintings, or parietal art. She is known for her work at the Arcy-sur-Cure cave complex and for her subsequent role as curator of the Chauvet Cave from 2000 to 2014.
[6] [5] The type site is the Cave of Aurignac, Haute-Garonne, south-west France. The main preceding period is the Mousterian of the Neanderthals . One of the oldest examples of figurative art , the Venus of Hohle Fels , comes from the Aurignacian or Proto-Gravettian and is dated to between 40,000 and 35,000 years ago (though now earlier ...
More than 300 caves with parietal art from prehistoric times have been discovered in Spain and France. Entrances to some have been discovered underwater, having been inundated as the seas have risen with time. Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France — Discovered in 1994 and dating from 37,000 B.C., Chauvet cave has two main chambers. In the ...
Troglophiles - can live part or all of their lives in caves, but can also complete a life cycle in appropriate environments on the surface. [100] Trogloxenes - frequents caves, and may require caves for a portion of its life cycle, but must return to the surface. [100] Troglomorphism - the adaptations that allow the existence of troglofauna. [101]