A question of style. Reconsidering the stylistic approach to dating Palaeolithic parietal art in France

• Autores: Genevieve von Petzinger, April Nowell
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 85, Nº 330, 2011, págs. 1165-1183
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The authors deconstruct the basis for dating the Palaeolithic cave paintings of France and find it wanting. Only five per cent are directly dated and the remainder belong to a stylistic framework that has grown organically, and with much circularity, as new paintings were brought to light. Following a constructive bouleversement, the authors recommend a new chronometric foundation based on chains of evidence anchored by radiocarbon dates. The story so far is striking: it brings many of the themes and techniques thought typical of the later painters into the repertoire of their much earlier predecessors