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Holdings: 35mm slide: 20420
Date of Photo: 1978
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: Upper Paleolithic cave art. Niaux Cave Period: Late Magdalenian, ca. 12,000 -14,000 B.P. Bison outlines cut from clay floor, carried to LS outcrops and molded by hand. 122 cm each. (Original teaching slide code: LF-9)
Image Categories: Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Ceramic
Source Type Detail: Book Citation: "European Ice Age Art and Symbol," by Alexander Marshack; p. 53. In: Archaeology Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 3. New York: The Archaeological Institute of America, 1978.

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Full citation: "Upper Paleolithic cave art. Niaux Cave Period: Late Magdalenian, ca. 12,000 -14,000 B.P. Bison outlines cut from clay floor, carried to LS outcrops and molded by hand. 122 cm each. (Original teaching slide code: LF-9)". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-16725/16725. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 19, 2024.