TY - JOUR

T1 - New engravings from Abri du Poisson (Dordogne, France)

AU - Zotkina, L. V.

AU - Cleyet-Merle, J. J.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2017 Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - The Abri du Poisson rock-shelter is famous for a very realistic and detailed bas-relief of a fish (salmon). Representations of fi sh are quite rare in Paleolithic cave art. Another image present in this rock-shelter is a negative of a hand, made in black pigment (manganese oxide). Also, the National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies de Tayac (Dordogne) owns several blocks of rock, painted red, with relief representations belonging to the Aurignacian levels of Abri du Poisson. Since the early 1900s, studies at that site have focused mostly on the famous representations. The 2016 fi eld study was a preliminary stage in a new project. It focused on a detailed inspection, preceding the traceological analysis of engravings and bas-reliefs. During our examination, new engravings were discovered, and photogrammetry was used for 3D visualization of these. As a result, we have demonstrated that the newly discovered elements are indeed representations, rather than natural lines.

AB - The Abri du Poisson rock-shelter is famous for a very realistic and detailed bas-relief of a fish (salmon). Representations of fi sh are quite rare in Paleolithic cave art. Another image present in this rock-shelter is a negative of a hand, made in black pigment (manganese oxide). Also, the National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies de Tayac (Dordogne) owns several blocks of rock, painted red, with relief representations belonging to the Aurignacian levels of Abri du Poisson. Since the early 1900s, studies at that site have focused mostly on the famous representations. The 2016 fi eld study was a preliminary stage in a new project. It focused on a detailed inspection, preceding the traceological analysis of engravings and bas-reliefs. During our examination, new engravings were discovered, and photogrammetry was used for 3D visualization of these. As a result, we have demonstrated that the newly discovered elements are indeed representations, rather than natural lines.

KW - 3D imaging

KW - Abri du Poisson

KW - Cave art

KW - Dordogne

KW - France

KW - Rock art

KW - Rock-shelter

KW - Traceology

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U2 - 10.17746/1563-0110.2017.45.3.041-047

DO - 10.17746/1563-0110.2017.45.3.041-047

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85036506186

VL - 45

SP - 41

EP - 47

JO - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

JF - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

SN - 1563-0110

IS - 3

ER -