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The Creative Revolution Paleolithic Cave Art 35,000 BC – 14,000 BC

The Creative Revolution Paleolithic Cave Art 35,000 BC – 14,000 BC. Western Europe 200+ sites Famous sites: Chauvet , France Lascaux, France Altamira, Spain. Chauvet Cave, France 32,000 B.C. Carbon 14 dating of charcoal and animal bones established age of Cave Art sites.

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The Creative Revolution Paleolithic Cave Art 35,000 BC – 14,000 BC

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  1. The Creative RevolutionPaleolithic Cave Art35,000 BC – 14,000 BC Western Europe • 200+ sites • Famous sites: • Chauvet , France • Lascaux, France • Altamira, Spain

  2. Chauvet Cave, France32,000 B.C.

  3. Carbon 14 dating of charcoal and animal bones established age of Cave Art sites. • Paint made out of charcoal , rocks and minerals mixed with animal fat. • Black made from charcoal or Black Hemalite • White made from chalk. • Yellow , red and brown made from Ocher

  4. Why did Paleolithic Man make Cave Art? • The paintings are believed to have a religious purpose. • Religious leaders known as Shamans were painted at Les TroisFriersand Lascaux. • The paintings may have been visions the Shamans had during trances they entered into trying to contact the spirit world during religious ceremonies. • The animals they painted were the largest in their world and NOT their main sources of food.

  5. Ice Age Southern Europe

  6. Ice Age: 100,000 BC – 10,000 BCIce Age (The earth was colder)

  7. Muskox: Chauvet Cave

  8. Horses: Chauvet cave

  9. Cave Bear and Leopard Chauvet Cave

  10. Cave Lions: Chauvet Cave

  11. Wooly Rhino, Bison, MammothChauvet Cave

  12. Running Bison and Fighting RhinosChauvet Cave

  13. Aurochs: Ancestor of all Cattle

  14. Roufignac, France 22,000 B.C. Mammoths

  15. Lascaux, France 17,000 B.C.Hall Of Bulls

  16. Altamira, Spain14,000 BC

  17. European Bison

  18. Altamira: High Point of Cave Art Highly Detailed Dramatic Action

  19. “In 20,000 years, we have learned nothing!”Pablo Picasso

  20. Why were the Cave Art sites abandoned Circa 14,000 B.C.? • Humans began building stone temples. • The archaeological dig at GobekliTepliin Turkey has unearthed stone structures filled with carvings of animals. • GobekliTepli has been dated to 11,000 B.C. The Neolithic Age had begun.

  21. Saharan Rock Art8,000 BC to 4,000 BC Saharan Desert 2010 AD The Saharan 8,000 BC The Saharan was a Steppe (Savannah) in the Ice Age.

  22. Neolithic Rock Art8,000 BC- 2,000 BCPeople and domestic animals appear

  23. Hippos: Tassili d’ AjjerSaharan Desert

  24. Elephant: Libya

  25. Giraffes and ElephantsTassili d’ Ajjer

  26. Herding Domestic CattleTassili d’ Ajjer

  27. African villagersTassili d’ Ajjer

  28. Tassili d’ Ajjer: Villagers, Jellyfish, Domestic Goat, Man riding Camel

  29. Cave of Swimmers, Egypt

  30. Tassili d’ Ajjer: Herding Domestic Camels

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