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Cave of Altamira

Interpretations of Cave Art

by

Kacie Mule

Fine Arts Chapter 3 Lesson 1

September 2, 2015

Cave Art: World View

Cave Art: Hunting Ritual?

Masculine and Feminine

Paintings primarily depict large, wild animals - bison, horses, deer, etc.

Lots of paintings not in deep, dark depths

Wounds, weapons, traps

Different animals prominent on different art

forms: different audiences?

Imitative Magic: like produces like

Bison: Matrifocal

Cave Art: Calendars?

Location of cave art deep in caves

Seasonal: Multiple marks on bones and antlers

Overlapping paintings, while other walls remain bare

Cave Art: Collaborative Effort?

Hand outlines: "imitations of animal footprints" (Conkey, 1981, p. 22)

Diversity

Cave abandoned because big game disappeared

Discovered in 1879

"First Paleolithic cave paintings to be recognized for what they were" - Conkey (1981, p. 20).

Recently dated to older than originally thought

Some parts of Altamira dated to be more than 35,600 years old

Almost 20,000 years older than some of the other paintings in the cave

Made a World Heritage Site in 1985

Currently closed to the public but a replica, the Neocave, and other information is available at The National Museum and Research Centre of Altamira

Henri Breuil

Sources

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Conkey, Margaret W. (1981, July/August). A Century of Palaeolithic Cave Art. Archaeology, 34(4), 20-28. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/41727168?uid=3739960&uid=380559883&uid=2&uid=3&uid=3739256&uid=60&sid=21102087752023

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