Rarely represented in the Paleolithic pictures, bears are yet one of the animal most similar to humans, because of their anatomy, ethology and stature. Beyond the requisite inventory of Upper Paleolithic bear representations, our work fits in the animalistic and naturalistic approach to the study of animals in prehistoric art, particularly developed for the National Museum of Natural History, France. For this we have studied and analyzed about 200 figures of rock art and portable art from all Europe. We also have made comparisons with rock art from Holocene times (from Asia, Northern Europe and U.S.A.). This work conducted to find broad outlines of similarities, sometimes through time and space. They bear « identification keys », that we ha...
1 fig., 3 tab.International audienceIn Cave XIV (Dordogne, France) we found faunal remains aged from...
Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and Neanderthals were potential competitors f...
ABSTRACT A very clear (and happy) evolution marks the present Prehistory of Art in its technical and...
Rarely represented in the Paleolithic pictures, bears are yet one of the animal most similar to huma...
Rarement figuré dans le bestiaire paléolithique, l ours n en est pas moins l un des animaux les plus...
In this paper the author addresses two aspects of the study of (cave) bears in prehistoric (in parti...
Traces due to fréquentation by animals are many and varied in the Chauvet cave (bones, beds, prints ...
The cave bear was among the first inhabitants of the Alpine region. Several caves, in Northern Italy...
The first figures of humanity are basically reproductions of animals. This study (a thesis which is ...
Several levels from Arcy-sur-Cure caves have given bear cave remains of the Middle Paleolithic as we...
The paleolithic parietal and mobile iconography has two forms of representations which can be differ...
International audienceThroughout the Upper Paleolithic, between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, large b...
The Chauvet Cave in southeastern France (Ardèche) is world famous for its exceptionally well-preserv...
From a contemporary point of view, the "art" displayed in the Chauvet Cave presents a series of enig...
The paleolithic caves of Combarelles, Font-de-Gaume, Bernifal, and Rouffignac are situated in the Vé...
1 fig., 3 tab.International audienceIn Cave XIV (Dordogne, France) we found faunal remains aged from...
Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and Neanderthals were potential competitors f...
ABSTRACT A very clear (and happy) evolution marks the present Prehistory of Art in its technical and...
Rarely represented in the Paleolithic pictures, bears are yet one of the animal most similar to huma...
Rarement figuré dans le bestiaire paléolithique, l ours n en est pas moins l un des animaux les plus...
In this paper the author addresses two aspects of the study of (cave) bears in prehistoric (in parti...
Traces due to fréquentation by animals are many and varied in the Chauvet cave (bones, beds, prints ...
The cave bear was among the first inhabitants of the Alpine region. Several caves, in Northern Italy...
The first figures of humanity are basically reproductions of animals. This study (a thesis which is ...
Several levels from Arcy-sur-Cure caves have given bear cave remains of the Middle Paleolithic as we...
The paleolithic parietal and mobile iconography has two forms of representations which can be differ...
International audienceThroughout the Upper Paleolithic, between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, large b...
The Chauvet Cave in southeastern France (Ardèche) is world famous for its exceptionally well-preserv...
From a contemporary point of view, the "art" displayed in the Chauvet Cave presents a series of enig...
The paleolithic caves of Combarelles, Font-de-Gaume, Bernifal, and Rouffignac are situated in the Vé...
1 fig., 3 tab.International audienceIn Cave XIV (Dordogne, France) we found faunal remains aged from...
Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and Neanderthals were potential competitors f...
ABSTRACT A very clear (and happy) evolution marks the present Prehistory of Art in its technical and...