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Bison Licking Insect Bite is a prehistoric carving from the Upper Paleolithic, found at Abri de la Madeleine near Tursac in Dordogne, France, the type-site of the Magdalenian culture, which produced many fine small carvings in antler or bone.
Font-de-Gaume holds over 200 polychrome paintings. These engravings are considered the best examples of polychrome painting other than Lascaux , which is now closed to the public. The rock art in Font-de-Gaume includes depictions of more than 80 bison , approximately 40 horses , and more than 20 mammoths .
The Polychrome Ceiling is the most impressive feature of the cave, depicting a herd of extinct steppe bison (Bison priscus [6]) in different poses, two horses, a large doe, and possibly a wild boar. Great hall of polychromes of Altamira, published by M. Sanz de Sautuola in 1880.
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, Magdalenian, Azilian).
Magdalenian cave painting. The Magdalenian is represented by numerous sites, whose contents show progress in arts and culture. It was characterized by a cold and dry climate, humans in association with the reindeer, and the extinction of the mammoth.
The Marsoulas Cave in southwestern France, near Marsoulas in the Haute-Garonne, [1] is a small cave notable for its archaeological wealth, including Paleolithic cave paintings and ornaments from the Magdalenian. [2] It consists of a straight gallery about 100 m (330 ft) long with parietal art along the entire length of the cave. [3]
There are numerous carved or engraved pieces of bone and ivory, such as the Swimming Reindeer found in France from the Magdalenian period. These include spear throwers, including one shaped like a mammoth, [19] and many of the type of objects called a bâton de commandement. Bison painting (replica) from the Cave of Altamira, dated to the ...
The frieze depicts a number of animals, some in haut-relief, dating back 15,000 years. These include ten horses (one measuring 2.20 m long), at least three bison, ibex and several incomplete figures. The sculpted frieze occupies 13 of the 16 meters of the shelter. Some of the carving is as much as 30 cm deep.