Art of the Upper Paleolithic - Baton de Commandement, Bison Licking Insect Bite, Cave of Altamira, Cave of Chufin, Cave of El Castillo, Cave of Forgo (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Baton de commandement, Bison Licking Insect Bite, Cave of Altamira, Cave of Chufin, Cave of El Castillo, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Cave of Niaux, Cave painting, Chauvet Cave, Cosquer Cave, Cueva de La Pasiega, Font-de-Gaume, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Kendrick's Cave, Kendrick's Cave Decorated Horse Jaw, Lascaux, La Marche (cave), Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel, Mammoth spear thrower, Pech Merle, Robin Hood Cave Horse, Roc-aux-Sorciers, Santimamine, Swimming Reindeer, Usgalimal rock engravings, Venus of Laussel, Wolverine pendant of Les Eyzies. Excerpt: Cueva de La Pasiega, or Cave of La Pasiega, situated in the Spanish municipality of Puente Viesgo, is one of the most important monuments of Paleolithic art in Cantabria. It is included in the UNESCO schedule of Human Heritage since July 2008, under the citation "Cave of Altamira and palaeolithic cave art of Northern Spain." The Pasiega Cave is located in Monte Castillo.It is located in the heart of the uniprovincial community, in the middle of the valley of the river Pas, around the cave of Hornos de la Pena and Monte Castillo, in the same group of caves as Las Monedas, Las Chimeneas, and the cave of El Castillo. The caves of Monte Castillo form an amazingly complete series, both as regards the material culture of the Old Stone Age and from an artistic point of view. La Pasiega is basically an enormous gallery, its known extent more than 120 meters, that runs more or less parallel to the slope of the mount, opening to the surface at six different places: six small mouths, the majority obstructed, of which two can be accessed for inspection. The principal gallery is approximately 70 meters and opens to deeper secondary galleries, winding and labyrinthine, which in places broaden out to form large chambers. Thus one refers to "room II-VIII," the room called "Gallery...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Baton de commandement, Bison Licking Insect Bite, Cave of Altamira, Cave of Chufin, Cave of El Castillo, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Cave of Niaux, Cave painting, Chauvet Cave, Cosquer Cave, Cueva de La Pasiega, Font-de-Gaume, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Kendrick's Cave, Kendrick's Cave Decorated Horse Jaw, Lascaux, La Marche (cave), Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel, Mammoth spear thrower, Pech Merle, Robin Hood Cave Horse, Roc-aux-Sorciers, Santimamine, Swimming Reindeer, Usgalimal rock engravings, Venus of Laussel, Wolverine pendant of Les Eyzies. Excerpt: Cueva de La Pasiega, or Cave of La Pasiega, situated in the Spanish municipality of Puente Viesgo, is one of the most important monuments of Paleolithic art in Cantabria. It is included in the UNESCO schedule of Human Heritage since July 2008, under the citation "Cave of Altamira and palaeolithic cave art of Northern Spain." The Pasiega Cave is located in Monte Castillo.It is located in the heart of the uniprovincial community, in the middle of the valley of the river Pas, around the cave of Hornos de la Pena and Monte Castillo, in the same group of caves as Las Monedas, Las Chimeneas, and the cave of El Castillo. The caves of Monte Castillo form an amazingly complete series, both as regards the material culture of the Old Stone Age and from an artistic point of view. La Pasiega is basically an enormous gallery, its known extent more than 120 meters, that runs more or less parallel to the slope of the mount, opening to the surface at six different places: six small mouths, the majority obstructed, of which two can be accessed for inspection. The principal gallery is approximately 70 meters and opens to deeper secondary galleries, winding and labyrinthine, which in places broaden out to form large chambers. Thus one refers to "room II-VIII," the room called "Gallery...

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September 2013

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978-1-230-82136-8

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