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In front of the painted ibexesand bisons inside the Blackroom in Niaux. Prehistoric menused the faint light comingfrom grease lamps(reconstitution). 034060

Negative hand. Cosquer cave.Marseilles. France. © MinistèreFrançais de la Culture.

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©Ministère Français de la Culture

Lascaux. Cave painting in thehall of Bulls.

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CHAUVET cavern. Big panel ofthe Horses. © DRACRhône-Alpes.

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©DRAC Rhône-Alpes

Lascaux cave. An aurochwhich corresponds to theconstellation of the Bullaccording to ChantalJègues-Wolkiewiez’scalculations 033319

Lascaux cave. An aurochwhich corresponds to theconstellation of the Lionaccording to Chantal Jègues’scalculations

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Lascaux. According to ChantalJègues’s theory, the upsidedown horse symbolizes thesetting sun in the bottom ofthe cave.

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Chantal Jègues-Wolkiewiez’sdrawing the outlines ofaurochs on a map of thecorresponding constellations.

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Lascaux cave. Unicorn andCapricorn constellation scaledup according to ChantalJégues-Wolkiewiez’s works

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Lascaux cave. Auroch drawnover the constellation of theBull according to ChantalJègues-Wolkiewiez’s studies.

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Lascaux cave. Auroch set incomparison with theconstellation of the Lionaccording to ChantalJègues-Wolkiewiez’s studies.

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In the Black Room in Niaux(Ariège, France), Jean Clotteslights up a grease lamp toreveal a charcoal-drawn bisonon the wall.

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In the Black Room in Niaux(Ariège, France), Jean Clotteslights up a grease lamp toreveal a charcoal-drawn bisonon the wall.

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One of the bisons in the BlackRoom inside the Niaux Cavern.Magdalenian period (one of thedozens of periods dividingPrehistory).

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One of the panels in the Blackroom of the Niaux cavern,Magdalenian period.

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One of the panels in the Blackroom of the Niaux cavern,Magdalenian period.

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Through pictorial creation, theshaman became literallytogether as one with the rockand the supernatural worldbeyond it.(reconstitution)

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Through pictorial creation, theshaman became literallytogether as one with the rockand the supernatural worldbeyond it.(reconstitution).

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« Positive hands » or HandStencils were made by directlyapplying the palms of thehands to therock.(reconstitution).

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Shamans considered caves asgates to the supernaturalworld, fraught with femininesymbolism.

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This little ibex in the BlackRoom is one of the wonders ofthe Niaux cave . The zigzagshape of its horn recalls thesecond stage of shamanictrance. 034064

Red snake-like shape in theLlonin cavern, Spain. © JeanClottes.

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©Jean Clottes

The figure next to the dyingantelope is that of a shamanhalf transmogrified in anantelope. It is a metaphor forthe phenomenon of trance.Natal region, Drakensberg,South Africa. © Jean Clottes.

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©Jean Clottes

An artist?s representation ofan unidentified engraving inthe cave of the ThreeBrothers(Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège, France) known as thelittle wizard with the musicalBow.

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©DR

The little wizard in the ThreeBrothers Cave as reported b yH.Breuil.Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège,France.

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Jean Clottes next to AmericanIndian cavepaintings.(she-who-watches)Northwest of the USA.Columbia Valley. Washingtonstate. © Jim Keyser 034920

©Jim Keyser

Jean Clottes on the left withDavid Coulson and AlecCampbell. Carvings from theAïr region in Niger.

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©DR

The cliff of the cirque d’Estre,France. The way to theChauvet cave... © Pedro Lima

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©Pedro Lima

Large panel of Lions. Chauvetcave. © DRAC Rhône-Alpes.

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©DRAC Rhône-Alpes

Painted bear. Chauvet cave. ©DRAC Rhône-Alpes.

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©DRAC Rhône-Alpes

Engraved horse. Chauvet’scave. © DRAC Rhône-Alpes.

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©DRAC Rhône-Alpes

Engraved rhinoceros.Chauvet’s cave. © DRACRhône-Alpes.

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©DRAC Rhône-Alpes

Painted buffalo. Chauvet’scave. © DRAC Rhône-Alpes.

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©DRAC Rhône-Alpes

Painted lioness. Chauvet’scave. © DRAC Rhône-Alpes.

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©DRAC Rhône-Alpes

Aerial view of the Calanques inMarseille, France. Cosquercave. France. © MinistèreFrançais de la Culture.

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Underwater topographicplotting of the Cosquer cave,France. © Ministère Françaisde la Culture.

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Reading of the engravingsthrough tangential lighting byJean Courtin in the Cosquercave, France. © MinistèreFrançais de la Culture.

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Painted horse. Cosquer cave.Marseilles. France. © MinistèreFrançais de la Culture.

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Painted penguin. Cosquercave. Marseilles. France. ©Ministère Français de laCulture.

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Painted seal. Cosquer cave.Marseilles. France. © MinistèreFrançais de la Culture.

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Painted horses. Cosquer cave.Marseilles. France. © MinistèreFrançais de la Culture.

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Half-immersed painted horses.Cosquer cave. Marseilles.France. © Ministère Françaisde la Culture.

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Painted stag. Cosquer cave.Marseilles. France. © MinistèreFrançais de la Culture.

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25,000 years old engravings ofIbex in Foz-Coa, Portugal. ©François Gilson.

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©François Gilson

An engraving of a bull in the?Valley of Wonders?, Francedating from the Bronze Age. ©François Gilson.

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©François Gilson

Sun carved in the ?Valley ofWonders?, France dating fromthe Bronz e Age. © FrançoisGilson.

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©François Gilson

Archaeologists makingreadings in the ?Valley ofWonders?, France. © FrançoisGilson.

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©François Gilson

Topographic plotting techniqueis necessary to the searcher’swork, permitting the discoveryof details invisible to thenaked eye.

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DIn the black room of Niaux(Ariège, France), Jean Clottesis studying a bison drawn withcharcoal on the wall.

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Reading of engravings with atangential lighting by JeanCourtin in the Cosquer cave,France. © Ministère Françaisde la Culture.

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A panel in the Chauvet cave,decorated with dots made byapplying the palms of thehands. © D.Baffier-V.Feruglio/Ministère dela Culture 035267

©D. Baffier-V.Feruglio/Ministère

A panel in the Chauvet cave,decorated with dots made byapplying the palms of thehands. Interpretation of theposition of the hands. © D.Baffier-V.Feruglio/Ministère dela Culture

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©D. Baffier-V.Feruglio/Ministère

At the Tandétron ofGif-sur-Yvette, near Paris,France, searchers are able todate samples collected in thecave.

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At the Tandétron ofGif-sur-Yvette, near Paris,France, a few charcoalsamples collected in theChauvet cave.

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At the Tandétron ofGif-sur-Yvette, near Paris,France, the gas sample isvacuum-conditioned foranalysis.

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At the Tandétron ofGif-sur-Yvette, near Paris,France, the gas sample isvacuum-conditioned foranalysis.

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