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Prehistoric Cave Painting

The document provides an overview of various prehistoric cave paintings from around the world, detailing their locations, estimated ages, and the subjects depicted. Notable sites include Altamira Cave in Spain, Chauvet Cave in France, and Serra de Capivara in Brazil, among others. The paintings range from depictions of animals and hunting scenes to human figures and ceremonial imagery.

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Prehistoric Cave Painting

The document provides an overview of various prehistoric cave paintings from around the world, detailing their locations, estimated ages, and the subjects depicted. Notable sites include Altamira Cave in Spain, Chauvet Cave in France, and Serra de Capivara in Brazil, among others. The paintings range from depictions of animals and hunting scenes to human figures and ceremonial imagery.

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PREHISTORIC CAVE PAINTINGS

ALTAMIRA CAVE

LOCATED NEAR THE HISTORIC TOWN UPPER PALEOLITHIC,


OF SANTILLANA DEL MAR IN AROUND 36,000 YEARS
CANTABRIA, SPAIN. AGO
DISCOVERED IN 1868 BY MODESTO
CUBILLAS.
ART FEATURING CHARCOAL DRAWINGS
AND POLYCHROME

CHAUVET CAVE
ARDÈCHE DEPARTMENT OF SOUTHERN UPPER PALEOLITHIC,
FRANCE. AROUND 36,000 YEARS
MANY PREDATORY ANIMALS PAINTINGS. AGO

SERRA DE CAPIVARA
SERRA DA CAPIVARA IS A NATIONAL
PARK IN BRAZIL WHICH HAS THE 22,000 YEARS AGO
LARGEST AND THE OLDEST
CONCENTRATION OF PREHISTORIC
PAINTINGS IN THE AMERICAS.
ANCIENT PAINTINGS DEPICTING ANIMALS
AND HUNTING

UBIRR

IN THE KAKADU NATIONAL PARK 20.000 YEARS AGO


(AUSTRALIA).
THE ABORIGINALS NOT ONLY PAINTED
THE EXTERIOR OF THEIR SUBJECTS,
BUT ALSO THE SKELETONS OF SOME
ANIMALS.

LASCAUX PAINTINGS
NEAR THE VILLAGE OF MONTIGNAC, IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF DORDOGNE IN
SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE.
17,000 YEARS AGO
THE PAINTINGS REPRESENT PRIMARILY
LARGE ANIMALS, TYPICAL LOCAL AND
CONTEMPORARY FAUNA THAT
CORRESPOND WITH THE FOSSIL
RECORD OF THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC
TIME.
PREHISTORIC CAVE PAINTINGS

TADRAT ACACUS

ACACUS IS A MOUNTAIN RANGE,


LOCATED IN THE SAHARA DESERT OF 14,000 YEARS AGO
WESTERN LIBYA.
THERE ARE PAINTINGS AND CARVINGS
OF ANIMALS.

CUEVA DE LAS MANOS


LOCATED IN PATAGONIA IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF ARGENTINA.
13,000 AND 9000
THE NAME OF THE CAVE COMES FROM
THE HUNDREDS OF STENCILED HANDS YEARS AGO
PAINTED ON THE CAVE WALLS.
BONE-MADE PIPES USED FOR
SPRAYING THE PAINT.

BHIMBETKA ROCK SHELTERS


LOCATED IN CENTRAL INDIA.
THE PAINTINGS DEPICT THE LIVES OF 12,000 YEARS AGO
THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDED IN THE
CAVES, AS WELL AS AN ARRAY OF
ANIMALS.

MAGURA CAVE
LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST OF
BULGARIA. 8000-4000 YEARS AGO
PAINTINGS DEPICTING PEOPLE DANCING
AND HUNTING, AS WELL AS A WIDE
RANGE OF ANIMALS.

LAAS GAAL
LAAS GEEL ARE CAVE FORMATIONS ON
THE RURAL OUTSKIRTS OF HARGEISA,
SOMALILAND, SITUATED IN THE
5000-7000 YEARS AGO
WOQOOYI GALBEED REGION OF THE
COUNTRY.
THE PAINTINGS SHOW IMAGES OF
COWS IN CEREMONIAL ROBES,
HUMANS, DOMESTICATED DOGS AND
GIRAFFES.

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