Early Europeans Create Lascaux Cave Paintings
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Arts, Language, Linguistics, Philology, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Painting, Painters, Drawing, Barbarians, Nomads, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: French History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: France
- Date: c. 15,000
Article abstract: Upper Paleolithic peoples, the first anatomically modern people in Europe, created paintings in the Lascaux cave, providing evidence of Magdalenian culture and demonstrating their behavioral sophistication.
Summary of Event
The first cultural remains of anatomically and behaviorally modern people in Europe are described by archaeologists as the Upper Paleolithic and are dated to the later part of the last glaciation of the very Late Pleistocene (40,000-35,000 to 12,000-10,000 years ago). These Upper Paleolithic peoples created cave...
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