MONNEY , Julien

From 300 ky, prehistoric people have used pigmentaceous rocks. If the activities relatedto the so called "pigment" uses are difficult to describe, it is principally due to the mode ofutilization. In fact, these mineral resources were mainly ground to powder, which irreme-diably destroyed the structure of the initial rock, and blur the...

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What were the coloring agents used during the Palaeolithic? How to recognize, defineand describe them? What kind of information may they have recorded?In the past decade, these questions have become essential since coloring agents take a centralplace in current researches on modern human behaviors and emerging of figurative...

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What were the coloring agents used during the Palaeolithic? How to recognize, defineand describe them? What kind of information may they have recorded?In the past decade, these questions have become essential since coloring agents take a centralplace in current researches on modern human behaviors and emerging of figurative...

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What were the coloring agents used during the Palaeolithic? How to recognize, define and describe them? What kind of information may they have recorded?In the past decade, these questions have become essential since coloring agents take a central place in current researches on modern human behaviors and emerging of figurative expressions....

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The Grotte Chauvet is world renowned for the quality and diversity of its Palaeolithic art. Fire was particularly important to the occupants, providing light and producing charcoal for use in motifs. Charcoal samples were taken systematically from features associated with the two main occupation phases (Aurignacian and Gravettian). Analysis...

The LSCE research program on prehistoric art associates the chronological studies of both parietal representations and their archaeological context. This multidisciplinary approach provides chronological arguments about the realization period(s) of the parietal representations. This article presents chronological investigations carried out in...