Chauvet Cave paintings

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf rock art
gptkbp:age about 30,000 to 32,000 years old
gptkbp:animalDepicted gptkb:deer
bears
bison
horses
mammoths
lions
aurochs
rhinoceroses
panthers
gptkbp:conservationStatus exceptionally well-preserved
gptkbp:depicts animals
abstract markings
human handprints
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Jean-Marie_Chauvet
gptkb:Christian_Hillaire
gptkb:Eliette_Brunel-Deschamps
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1994
gptkbp:hasReplica gptkb:Caverne_du_Pont-d'Arc
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chauvet Cave paintings
gptkbp:literaryPeriod gptkb:Aurignacian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:France
gptkb:Chauvet_Cave
gptkb:Ardèche
gptkbp:notableFor realistic animal depictions
use of shading and perspective
gptkbp:openToPublic not open to the public
gptkbp:significance among the oldest known cave paintings
gptkbp:startDate gptkb:Upper_Paleolithic
gptkbp:technique gptkb:engraver
charcoal drawing
ochre painting
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 2014
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Prehistoric_art
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5