Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
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Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Germany featuring some of the oldest known figurative artworks and musical instruments created by early modern humans during the Ice Age.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura canonical | 5 |
| Swabian Jura prehistoric caves | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura Context triple: [Swabian Jura, UNESCOSite, Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura]
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A.
Grotte de Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
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Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave is a prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings, some of the oldest known in the world.
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C.
Grotte de Pech Merle
Grotte de Pech Merle is a famous prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings.
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D.
Grotte de Mas d’Azil
Grotte de Mas d’Azil is a large prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its Paleolithic and Azilian archaeological remains and dramatic natural tunnel traversed by a road and river.
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E.
Lascaux cave
Lascaux cave is a famous prehistoric site in southwestern France renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings, especially depictions of large animals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura Target entity description: Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Germany featuring some of the oldest known figurative artworks and musical instruments created by early modern humans during the Ice Age.
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A.
Grotte de Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
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B.
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave is a prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings, some of the oldest known in the world.
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C.
Grotte de Pech Merle
Grotte de Pech Merle is a famous prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings.
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D.
Grotte de Mas d’Azil
Grotte de Mas d’Azil is a large prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its Paleolithic and Azilian archaeological remains and dramatic natural tunnel traversed by a road and river.
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E.
Lascaux cave
Lascaux cave is a famous prehistoric site in southwestern France renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings, especially depictions of large animals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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cultural heritage site ⓘ |
| associatedCulture | Aurignacian ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ice Age ⓘ |
| associatedWithSpecies | Homo sapiens ⓘ |
| bufferZoneArea | about 11,000 ha ⓘ |
| category | cultural ⓘ |
| contains |
Bockstein Cave
ⓘ
Geißenklösterle ⓘ Hohle Fels ⓘ Hohlenstein-Stadel ⓘ
linked to:
Hohlenstein-Stadel cave
Sirgenstein Cave ⓘ
linked to:
Sirgenstein cave
Vogelherd Cave ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| coreZoneArea | about 3,300 ha ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| discoveryType | archaeological site ⓘ |
| epoch | Upper Paleolithic ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFind |
Lion Man figurine
ⓘ
linked to:
Lion-man sculpture
Venus of Hohle Fels ⓘ bone flutes ⓘ ivory flutes ⓘ mammoth ivory figurines ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inscriptionYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ice Age figurative art
ⓘ
earliest known figurative sculptures ⓘ earliest known musical instruments ⓘ prehistoric musical instruments ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baden-Württemberg
ⓘ
Swabian Jura ⓘ southwestern Germany ⓘ |
| mainMaterialOfArtworks |
animal bone
ⓘ
mammoth ivory ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| managementAuthority |
State of Baden-Württemberg
ⓘ
linked to:
Baden-Württemberg
|
| partOf | prehistoric sites of Germany ⓘ |
| periodOfArtworks | between about 43,000 and 33,000 years ago ⓘ |
| significance | evidence for early symbolic behavior of modern humans in Europe ⓘ |
| startTimeOfHumanOccupation | about 43,000 years ago ⓘ |
| tourismType | cultural tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageConventionStateParty | Germany ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(iii)
ⓘ
(v) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion | Europe and North America ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 1527 ⓘ |
| valley |
Ach Valley
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Lone Valley ⓘ |
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