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Background Report: These Mesmerizing Cave Paintings Were Discovered in 1901. Now, Archaeologists Finally Know
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Smithsonian Magazine gives a fuller on These Mesmerizing Paintings Were in 1901. Now, Archaeologists Finally Know When Some of Them Were Created. Researchers had long assumed the art inside Font-de-Gaume in was made with pigments that couldn't be analyzed using radiocarbon dating. Then they traces of charcoal.
France’s Font-de-Gaume is brimming with prehistoric artwork depicting bison, horses, reindeer, mammoths and other creatures. Now, for the first time, scientists have determined when some of these colorful masterpieces were created.
The valley in southwestern features 147 prehistoric sites and 25 decorated caves, the says UNESCO . . Researchers took four samples from two figures—one from a painting of a bison, and three from a painting of an abstract mask.
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