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- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 9284
- Date of Photo
- 1963
- World Region
- Europe
- Region
- Western Europe
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Midi-Pyrenees
- Political Location
- Niaux
- Geographic Location
- Niaux Cave
- Archaeological Site Name
- Niaux Cave
- Period
- Late Magdalenian
- Culture
- Magdalenian
- Description
- Niaux, (Ariege) France. Head of horse under a crystallization. The informed mind no longer questions the authenticity of Quaternary art. But one can understand the skepticism that greeted this richness of color, this elegance and finesse drawing and -- as much as anything else -- the preserved state of works to be seen in the caves. This head of a bearded horse does not differ much from its neighbor (3/10), which we have seen before. Situated on
- Image Categories
- Art: Cave painting
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- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4576 x 3126
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 14801
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-14801/14801
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"Niaux, (Ariege) France. Head of horse under a crystallization. The informed mind no longer questions the authenticity of Quaternary art. But one can understand the skepticism that greeted this richness of color, this elegance and finesse drawing and -- as much as anything else -- the preserved state of works to be seen in the caves. This head of a bearded horse does not differ much from its neighbor (3/10), which we have seen before. Situated on". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-14801/14801. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 15, 2024.