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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 9290
- 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, France. Salon Noir (III) Bull engraved in clay. 14/10 The clay on the ground was a convenient setting for sketches and even complete engravings. A good number of these must have been effaced by visitors, whether from prehistoric or more recent times.
- Here-- in and area to the left of the Salon Noir at the foot of the wall overhanging so as to make passage impossible -- is the engraved sketch of a bull 18 inches long, done in an unquestionabl
- Image Categories
- Art: Sculpture/engraving/incised designs
Technical Details
- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4527 x 3070
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 14807
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-14807/14807
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"Niaux, France. Salon Noir (III) Bull engraved in clay. 14/10 The clay on the ground was a convenient setting for sketches and even complete engravings. A good number of these must have been effaced by visitors, whether from prehistoric or more recent times.; Here-- in and area to the left of the Salon Noir at the foot of the wall overhanging so as to make passage impossible -- is the engraved sketch of a bull 18 inches long, done in an unquestionabl". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-14807/14807. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 15, 2024.