Further constraints on the Chauvet cave artwork elaboration
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Since its discovery, the Chauvet cave elaborate artwork called into question our understanding of Palaeolithic art evolution and challenged traditional chronological benchmarks [Valladas H et al. (2001) Nature 413:419–479]. Chronological approaches revealing human presences in the cavity during the Aurignacian and the Gravettian are indeed still debated on the basis of stylistic criteria [Pettitt P (2008) J Hum Evol 55:908–917]. The presented 36 Cl Cosmic Ray Exposure ages demonstrate that the cliff overhanging the Chauvet cave has collapsed several times since 29 ka until the sealing of the cavity entrance prohibited access to the cave at least 21 ka ago. Remarkably agreeing with the radiocarbon dates of the human and animal occupancy, this study confirms that the Chauvet cave paintings are the oldest and the most elaborate ever discovered, challenging our current knowledge of human cognitive evolution.
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The 36Cl cosmic-ray exposure method identified three successive rockfalls with mean ages of 29.4 ± 1.8 (E1), 23.5 ± 1.2 (E2), and 21.5 ± 1.0 ka (E3).
“This study identified three successive rockfalls with mean ages of 29.4 ± 1.8 (E1), 23.5 ± 1.2 (E2), and 21.5 ± 1.0 ka (E3).”
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- Authors
- Sadier, B., Delannoy, J.-J., Benedetti, L., Bourlès, D. L., Jaillet, S., Geneste, J.-M., Lebatard, A.-E., & Arnold, M.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (FR)
- Aix Marseille Univ., Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique, 7330, BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France; and
- ORCID
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2012-05-07
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 21
- Pages
- 8002-8006
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC3361430
- OpenAlex
- W2113925018
- Cited by
- 113
- References
- 26
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- FWCI
- 56.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Keywords
- Chauvet Cave, cave paintings, Paleolithic art, Aurignacian, Gravettian, human occupation, radiocarbon dating, human cognitive evolution
- MeSH terms
- Anthropology, Cultural, Archaeology, Cultural Evolution, France, Humans, Paintings, History, Ancient, Radiometric Dating, Remote Sensing Technology, Caves
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