Mapping the walls: High-resolution cartography applied to the analysis of prehistoric cave art in the Grotte du Mammouth (Domme, Dordogne, France)
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3 janvier 2021
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- doi: 10.1016/J.JAS.2021.105332
- PII: S0305-4403(21)00002-9
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cave art karst geomorphology and deposits high-resolution cartography mammoth plotting taphonomy Upper PalaeolithicCiter ce document
Virginie Le Fillâtre et al., « Mapping the walls: High-resolution cartography applied to the analysis of prehistoric cave art in the Grotte du Mammouth (Domme, Dordogne, France) », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10.1016/J.JAS.2021.105332
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The analysis of paintings and engravings on the walls of Upper Palaeolithic caves generally focuses on the images themselves, their technical or stylistic characteristics, graphical and spatial composition, and, to a lesser extent, radiometric dating. More recent studies of cave art have reinforced new interdisciplinary perspectives that address the archaeology, karstology and geomorphology of the site. This latter aspect helps place the representations in the long-term geo-morphological history of the cave itself, and thus sheds new light on its human occupation. At the Grotte du Mammouth (Domme, Dordogne, France), we developed an innovative approach to cave art that incorporates a geological and geomorphological analysis of the decorated walls combined with new mapping and digital recording techniques to produce a detailed “identity card” of the site's features.