Cave Paintings | 35,000 years ago

What are cave paintings?
detailed and colorful representations fond inside of cave walls and ceilings

Name several common themes found in cave paintings?
large animals such as bison and horses, humans hands, and abstract paintings
How were these paintings created (tools, pigments)?
with paints made from water, plant juice, animal blood, soil, charcoal; and brushes of sticks and animal hair
What is the most famous cave painting site? When was it discovered and by whom?
Lascaux, in France, discovered in 1940 by teenage boys that found it accidentally
Why did this cave have to be closed? What was done to satisfy public curiosity?
paintings were being damaged by carbon dioxide. French government created Lascaux II, an man made replica.

In Altamira cave, why do most of the paintings have a red hue?

red clay in the

soilWho discovered this site? How old are the paintings confirmed to be?
Marceline Sanz De Sautuola and his

daughter Maria. 19000 years ago

What is the oldest known cave painting site? When was it discovered and by whom?

Chauvet- Point Arc discovered in 1944 by Eliette Brunell Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, and Jean- Marie Chauvet
What was different about the painting techniques at this site?
the walls had been scraped clean of debris and a 3D effect was created by etching around the edges

What is "speleology"?

the study of caves

What three reasons do archeologists and historians believe prehistoric man created cave paintings?to tell a story, an instructional visual to teach, religious reasons