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Map of Paleolithic cave art sites in the Franco-Cantabrian region.. The Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (Cueva de Altamira y arte rupestre paleolítico del Norte de España) is a grouping of 18 caves of northern Spain, which together represent the apogee of Upper Paleolithic cave art in Europe between 35,000 and 11,000 years ago (Aurignacian, Gravettian, Solutrean ...
A modern interpretation of a bison from the Altamira cave ceiling, one of the cave's most famous paintings. Some of the polychrome paintings at Altamira Cave are well known in Spanish popular culture. The logo used by the autonomous government of Cantabria to promote tourism to the region is based on one of the bisons in this cave.
Bison painting (replica) from the Cave of Altamira, dated to the Magdalenian. The animals depicted are prey sought by the Paleolithic hunters, such as reindeer, [20] horses, [21] bisons, [22] mammoth, [23] the woolly rhinoceros, [24] and birds, [clarification needed] [25] as well as apex predators such as lions [26] panthers or leopards, [27 ...
Modern dating techniques have since confirmed that the paintings of the Altamira cave were created over extended periods, ranging from 20,000 and 40,000 years ago. For the study of Paleolithic art, Sautuola's discoveries must now be considered pivotal.
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Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain. The Cave of Altamira is located near Santillana del Mar.This cave, called the "Sistine Chapel of Quaternary", is relatively small (270 m (890 ft)) and contains the rock paintings of sixteen bison, several depictions of deer, the largest of which is 2.25 m (7.4 ft) tall and of horses.
The researchers used a new scientific approach to determine the minimum age of the newly disclosed painting inside the Leang Karampuang cave in the Maros-Pangkep region of South Sulawesi province ...
A cave painting in Indonesia is the oldest such artwork in the world, dating back at least 51,200 years, according to an international team of researchers who say its narrative scene also makes it ...