The scene in the Shaft at Lascaux
Abstract
A new look at one of the more famous puzzles in prehistoric art, and the derivation of a scene at Lascaux from shamanistic practice.
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A 17,000-year-old cave art scene in Lascaux, France seems to depict a wounded bison charging down a bird-headed shaman.
“a 17,000-year-old scene (Fig. 3, left) that seems to depict a wounded bison charging down a bird-headed shaman (Davenport & Jochim, 1988)”
From Stories in Action. (2022) · cites this paper as Davenport & Jochim, 1988
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“3, left) that seems to depict a wounded bison charging down a bird-headed shaman (Davenport & Jochim, 1988).”
Background
- Authors
- Davenport, D., & Jochim, M. A.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- ORCID
- Jochim, Michael A.
- Venue
- Antiquity
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1988-09
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 236
- Pages
- 558-562
- ISSN
- 0003-598X (ISSN-L)
- 1745-1744
- OpenAlex
- W2276848534
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Antiquity (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Keywords
- Lascaux Cave, cave art, prehistoric art, shamanism, rock art interpretation, prehistoric ritual
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