Magdalenian culture

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:associatedWith hunter-gatherers
gptkbp:burialPractice occasional burials with grave goods
gptkbp:characterizedBy bone and antler tools
cave art
harpoons
microliths
engraved objects
portable art
carved figurines
gptkbp:chronology c. 17,000 – 12,000 years ago
gptkbp:climate gptkb:Late_Glacial_Maximum
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Édouard_Lartet
1860s
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Azilian_culture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Magdalenian culture
gptkbp:language unknown (pre-Indo-European)
gptkbp:material gptkb:bone
ivory
flint
antler
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:La_Madeleine_(site)
gptkbp:notablePlace Bison sculpted in reindeer antler
Bone harpoons
Decorated spear throwers
Engraved antler batons
Swimming reindeer sculpture
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Altamira_Cave
gptkb:Lascaux_Cave
gptkb:El_Castillo_Cave
gptkb:Grotte_de_Font-de-Gaume
gptkb:Grotte_de_Marsoulas
gptkb:Grotte_de_Niaux
gptkb:Grotte_de_la_Vache
gptkb:Grotte_de_Rouffignac
gptkb:La_Madeleine,_Dordogne,_France
gptkbp:period gptkb:Upper_Paleolithic
gptkbp:population nomadic groups
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Solutrean_culture
gptkbp:region gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:significance major phase of Upper Paleolithic art and technology
gptkbp:style gptkb:painting
gptkb:sculpture
gptkb:engraver
realistic animal depictions
gptkbp:subsistence fishing
mammoth hunting
gathering wild plants
horse hunting
reindeer hunting
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Venus_figurines
gptkb:Prehistoric_Europe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6