Prémoustériens, magdaléniens et gallo-romains dans la caverne de Labouiche (Ariège)

Méroc, Louis

doi:10.3406/galip.1959.1145

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Drawing in the depths: spatial organization patterns related to Magdalenian cave art

Intxaurbe,

Garate,

Arriolabengoa

2024

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The creation of rock art in the deep areas of caves was one of the most unique symbolic activities of Magdalenian societies in southwestern Europe between 13.5 and 21 thousand years ago. Previous research has suggested that these works of art were not placed in caves at random but rather their location corresponds to a pre-established structure. However, despite the suggestive idea of pre-planning the decoration of the endokarst, it is challenging to demonstrate the relationship between different works and between them and their immediate spatial context due to the lack of common objective criteria. In this study, we have examined the iconographic and spatial characteristics of 500 Magdalenian graphic units in nine caves in the Cantabrian and Pyrenees mountain ranges (southwestern Europe) to identify patterns of graphic construction based on their cave location. We designed a workflow that includes geomorphological analysis for a virtual reconstruction of the state of the caves during the Magdalenian, analysis of graphic units (GU) through geographic information systems (GIS) using a Python script, and multivariate statistical study of the spatial and iconographic parameters of these figures. This has allowed us to identify different groups of figures: some were specifically created to be seen, using various techniques and selecting locations with good visibility, accessibility, or capacity to accommodate people, while others sought the opposite. There is also a correlation between the techniques used and their location in caves, perhaps aiming for resource economization. These data support the existence of different uses for the deep sectors of caves during the Magdalenian period.

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Drawing in the depths: spatial organization patterns related to Magdalenian cave art

Intxaurbe,

Garate,

Arriolabengoa

2024

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Modelled clay animals in Aitzbitarte IV Cave: A unique Palaeolithic rock art site in the Cantabrian Region

Gárate

Rivero

Rios‐Garaizar

et al. 2020

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Late Glacial Ceramic Innovation and Symbolism from the Balkans in its Wider Context

Farbstein

2023

The Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of South-Eastern Europe

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Ceramic technologies are widely associated with Holocene-aged archaeological technocomplexes, and the term ‘ceramic’ is sometimes used interchangeably with ‘pottery’. However, thousands of ceramic artefacts excavated from early Gravettian (‘Pavlovian’) sites in Czech Republic demonstrate that ceramic technologies are more than 30,000 years old. Moreover, these earliest iterations were used to make symbolic material culture, rather than functional pottery. The discovery of a large assemblage of ceramic figurines in late Palaeolithic contexts at Vela Spila, Croatia, along with smaller, isolated ceramic assemblages from Eastern Europe and northern Africa, demonstrates the wide geographic scope of Palaeolithic symbolic ceramics. This chapter compares the ceramic records from Croatia to those found elsewhere in Eurasia, with special focus on the Pavlovian figurines. We consider both the technologies of production and the aesthetics of the ‘finished’ artefacts. Can these two geographically and chronologically disparate iterations be interpreted as the result of cultural continuity? What are the implications of these assemblages for our broader understanding of the scope of Upper Palaeolithic artistic and technological repertoires across Europe?

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Prémoustériens, magdaléniens et gallo-romains dans la caverne de Labouiche (Ariège)

Cited by 6 publications

References 1 publication

Drawing in the depths: spatial organization patterns related to Magdalenian cave art

Drawing in the depths: spatial organization patterns related to Magdalenian cave art

Modelled clay animals in Aitzbitarte IV Cave: A unique Palaeolithic rock art site in the Cantabrian Region

Late Glacial Ceramic Innovation and Symbolism from the Balkans in its Wider Context

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