https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia en-us 2020-05-22 19:39:01 UTC 2024-09-12 04:27:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/594120231/5bfc647099cb6c0a163a5095c05acd3e/6350.jpg elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589654881 It is one of the most famous Paleolithic rock painting sites in the world. It is located inside a cave situated in the Ardèche region of southern France.]]> 2020-05-22 19:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589654881 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589657282 This cave is world famous thanks to its remains of prehistoric art dated between c. 30,000 and c. 33,000 years ago.]]> 2020-05-22 19:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589657282 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589663198 This region is mainly a large valley surrounded by enormous limestone cliffs and caves.]]> 2020-05-22 19:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589663198 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589669697 One big difference between how the site was during the Aurignacian Culture era and how it’s now, is the entrance of the cave. It used to be in a strategic place where the valley and the plateau met, forming a natural corridor, used as a bridge, for both humans and animals.
This picture shows the original entrance and the modern one.]]> 2020-05-22 19:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589669697 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589671377 During the last glaciation, the southern France region was similar to the steppes of Central Asia nowadays with a climate that could reach +15° in summer and that fell  to -20° in winter.]]> 2020-05-22 20:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589671377 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589676405 During the Quaternary era, herbivores such as reindeers, bisons, horses, ibex and woolly mammoths lived in this region.]]> 2020-05-22 20:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589676405 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589676783 Since ice covered most of this region, it was extremely arid. The strong winds kept precipitation away and covered the ground with thick layers of dust and sediment. ]]> 2020-05-22 20:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589676783 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589679398 There were also larger animal species such as woolly rhinoceros and megaloceros.]]> 2020-05-22 20:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589679398 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589681105 Rodents (marmot and collared lemming), birds (the snowy owl, grouse, ptarmigan and yellow-billed chough), fish, reptiles, amphibians etc. ]]> 2020-05-22 20:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589681105 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589684273 They were Homo sapiens that coexisted sometimes with the Neanderthals. This culture developed in Europe and the Near East over a long period of time.]]> 2020-05-22 20:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589684273 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589689355 The Aurignacian culture is the first to develop symbolic expressions such as cave art and use personal ornamentation. They also had a more diverse range of flint tools and a larger production of weapons and tools made out of bones and antlers.]]> 2020-05-22 20:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589689355 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589691989 They used personal ornamentations made out of organic materials such as teeth and seashells.

]]> 2020-05-22 20:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589691989 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589693316 They created musical instruments out of bones and ivory, and performed rituals with music and dances. They also represented animals in little statues and in cave paintings, because of their importance as preys.]]> 2020-05-22 20:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589693316 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589699123 The Chauvet Cave has many chambers all of which have been explored.]]> 2020-05-22 20:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589699123 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589701696 The Chauvet Cave paintings depict animals such as mammoths and bears, hands, and other symbols.]]> 2020-05-22 20:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589701696 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589715825 2020-05-22 20:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589715825 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589717057 2020-05-22 20:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589717057 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589719821 2020-05-22 20:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589719821 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589721952 2020-05-22 20:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589721952 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589722173 2020-05-22 20:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589722173 elopezfilloy https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589725674 2020-05-22 20:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/elopezfilloy/TheChauvetCaveEmilia/wish/589725674