Cave Art

Contents

INTRODUCTION

CAVE ART

PERIODS

SYMBOLS USED IN THIS GUIDE

MAPS

THE SITES

UNITED KINGDOM

CHURCH HOLE AND ROBIN HOOD’S CAVE

FRANCE

LA GRANDE GROTTE D’ARCY-SUR-CURE

LA GROTTE MARGOT / MAYENNE-SCIENCES

LA CHAIRE À CALVIN

ANGLES-SUR-L’ANGLIN (LE ROC-AUX-SORCIERS)

LE PLACARD

LE ROC DE SERS (FACSIMILE)

FONT DE GAUME

LES COMBARELLES

CAP BLANC

ABRI PATAUD and CAVE PATAUD (ABRI MOVIUS)

ROUFFIGNAC

BERNIFAL

ABRI DU POISSON (AND LAUGERIE HAUTE)

SAINT-CIRQ

BARA-BAHAU

VILLARS

ABRI REVERDIT (CASTEL-MERLE)

LASCAUX II

LASCAUX IV (CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE L’ART PARIÉTAL)

MUSÉE NATIONAL DE PRÉHISTOIRE (LES EYZIES)

COUGNAC

GROTTE DES MERVEILLES

PECH-MERLE

PAIR-NON-PAIR

MUSÉE D’AQUITAINE

ISTURITZ AND OXOCELHAYA

GARGAS

BÉDEILHAC

NIAUX

PARC DE LA PRÉHISTOIRE (PREHISTORIC PARK)

CHAUVET 2

COSQUER MÉDITERRANÉE

MUSÉE D’ARCHÉOLOGIE NATIONALE

SPAIN

EKAINBERRI

SANTIMAMIÑE

COVALANAS

ALTAMIRA II

CHUFÍN

EL CASTILLO

LAS MONEDAS

HORNOS DE LA PEÑA

EL PENDO

SALITRE II (SOPEÑA)

EL PINDAL

EL BUXU

TITO BUSTILLO

LA LOJA

LA PEÑA DE CANDAMO (AND INTERPRETATION CENTRE)

PARQUE DE LA PREHISTORIA DE TEVERGA

LOS CASARES

LA PILETA

ARDALES (CUEVA DE DOÑA TRINIDAD)

SIEGA VERDE

DOMINGO GARCÍA (CERRO DE SAN ISIDRO)

MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL

PORTUGAL

ESCOURAL (AND INTERPRETATION CENTRE)

CÔA VALLEY

ITALY

LEVANZO (GROTTA DEL GENOVESE)

GROTTA DEI PUNTALI – CARINI (PA)

GROTTA DEL CAVIGLIONE E BALZI ROSSI

RIPARO DI ROMITO

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CAPTIONS AND CREDITS

INDEX

About the Author

Paul Bahn has a PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University, and for decades has been an independent researcher, writing and editing a wide range of archaeological books, including several on Ice Age art. He also lectures on numerous tours to the decorated Ice Age caves.

Reviews

‘A thoroughly practical guide to visiting [the] cave art sites in Europe that are open to the public… [Bahn] writes most evocatively of caves that are less adapted to visitors, the dark, damp and slippery bat-infested holes that you crawl into and where one feels closest to the world of the original cave artists.’ – Current Archaeology