Coliboaia is not Chauvet |
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Institution: | 1. “Princely Court” National Museum Târgovi?te, Museum of Human Evolution and Technology in Palaeolithic, 7 Justi?iei Street, 130017 Târgovi?te, Dâmbovi?a County, Romania;2. Valahia University of Târgovi?te, Doctoral School, 32–34 Lt. Stancu Ion Street, 130105 Târgovi?te, Dâmbovi?a County, Romania;3. Independent researcher, 428 Anlaby Road, HU3 6QP Hull, nited Kingdom |
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Abstract: | The decorated cave of Coliboaia in Romania has been claimed to date to the Aurignacian period, and to supply support for the Aurignacian attribution of France's Chauvet cave. In this paper, we examine the evidence and show that neither the radiocarbon dates obtained at Coliboaia nor the style and content of its cave art correspond to the Aurignacian period, and that comparisons with Chauvet cave – itself badly dated and erroneously attributed – are equally ill-founded. We also show that both caves are in regions which are bereft of Aurignacian occupation, and neither cave contains any artefacts from the period. |
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Keywords: | Coliboaia Chauvet Aurignacian Gravettian Radiocarbon dating Cave art Coliboaia Chauvet Aurignacien Gravettien Datation radiocarbone Arte en grotte |
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