Cave Paintings in France
	Other French Rock Art and Cave Paintings

A female bison (below left) shown with two spear-like signs on top of it in the famous Niaux Cave (Ariege Pyrenees of France. Magdaleneian around 13,000 years BP. (below right), several bison, some bearing spear-like signs, and horses were drawn in black on one of the great panels in Niaux. The Niaux Cave features as part of the series one 'iLectures - Documentary Films' for more information click here.

A horse with its eye left blank was painted on top of previous engravings in the Cosquer Cave.

The finger flutings under it were probably made about 27,000 years ago, where as the horse belongs to the second peiod in the use of the cave, around 19,000 years before present. (below) A unique depiction of Great Auks, a now extinct bird, from the Cosquer Cave, near Marseille. For more on the Cosquer Cave visit the Cosquer Section of the Bradshaw Foundation website.

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