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  1. Chauvet Cave - Wikipedia

    • The cave contains some of the oldest known cave paintings, based on radiocarbon dating of "black from drawings, from torch marks and from the floors", according to Jean Clottes. Clottes concludes that the "dates fall into two groups, one centred around 27,000–26,000 BP and the other around 32,000–30,000 BP." As of 1999, the dates of 31 s… See more

    Overview

    The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some … See more

    Features

    The cave is situated above the previous course of the Ardèche before the Pont d'Arc opened up. The gorges of the Ardèche region are the site of numerous caves, many of them having some geological or archaeologi… See more

    Paintings

    Hundreds of animal paintings have been catalogued, depicting at least 13 different species, including some rarely or never found in other ice age paintings. Rather than depicting only the familiar herbivores that predominat… See more

    Preservation

    The cave has been sealed off to the public since 1994. Access is severely restricted owing to the experience with decorated caves such as Altamira and Lascaux found in the 19th and 20th century, where the admission … See more

    See also

    Painting portal
    Art of the Upper Paleolithic
    Cave of Forgotten Dreams, a 2010 documentary film about Chauvet Cave by Werner Herzog
    Coliboaia Cave in Romania, where 35–32,000 … See more

    External links

    The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc French Ministry of Culture information site; includes an interactive map with photos.
    Ancient Grand Masters: Chauvet Cave, France A brief article by Jean Clottes of the French Ministry of … See more

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