"Cave Paintings | 35,000 years ago"

What are cave paintings?
-Beautiful, detailed and colorful representations found on the inside of cave walls and ceilings


Name several common themes found in cave paintings?
-Larges animals, tracings of human hands, abstract patterns


How were these paintings created (tools, pigments)?
-Paints were made form mixing water, plant juice, animal blood, soil, charcoal, hematite (a form of iron oxide)
-Brushes were made by putting together sticks, small stones, leaves, and animal hair.


What is the most famous cave painting site? When was it discovered and by whom?Post an example of cave painting(s) from this cave.
-Lascaux, France
-In 1940 by 4 teenage boys


Why did this cave have to be closed? 
-The paintings were being damaged by the carbon dioxide emitted from the tourists


What was done to satisfy public curiosity?

-The French Government created Lascaux II - A man made replica next to the original


Post an example of cave painting(s) from Altamira cave.

In Altamira cave, why do most of the paintings have a red hue?
-The red hue is caused by the red clay in the soil 


Who discovered this site? How old are the paintings confirmed to be?
-Marceline Sanz De Sautuola and his daughter Maria


What is the oldest known cave painting site? When was it discovered and by whom?
-Chauvet-Point Arc
-1994 by 3 speleogists: Eliette Brunell Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, Jean-Martin Chauvet


Post an example of cave painting(s) from this cave.

What was different about the painting techniques at this site?
-The walls were scraped clear of debris, 3D effect was created by etching around the edges, found fossilized remains and items such as sticks and small stones which appear to have been fashioned into paint brushes


What is "speleology"?
-is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time 


What three reasons do archeologists and historians believe prehistoric man created cave paintings?

1. To tell a story or recount and event that already happened
2. As an instructional visual aid to help teach about hunting techniques
3. Created for magical or religious reasons