Upper Paleolithic Art.pptVIP

Chauvet Cave, France (ca. 32,000 B.P.) It is located in the steep side of a cliff in the gorges of the Ardeche, a tributary of the Rhone river. The cave was discovered on the 18th of December 1994 by three speleologists - Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette Brunel Deschamps and Christian Hillaire. There is a succession of four big vestibules with about or more than 300 paintings. They are in a remarkable state of preservation. At present the paintings are the oldest known. http://vm.kemsu.ru/en/palaeolith/shove.html /images3/chauvetfloorplan.jpg Chauvex Entrance Hyaena and Panther /upgallery1anima