Sie: length 70 cm.
Location: Les Combarelles cave,Dordogne, France.
Dating: 11,000-13,000 years ago.
Material Culture: Upper Paleolithic.
Wall engravings in caves are less frequent than paintings.
This photograph can be considered a detail of the work, even if the back of the lion is depicted incomplete.
As a general rule, the rules of palethnology of art require the complete photo, because the observer, through the photograph, must see the whole image, and not only the most beautiful part.
Fig. 31.8) Deer turning his head. Engraving.
Location: Genovese cave in Levanzo, Egadi Islands (Trapani), Italy.
Size: the grotta is approx. 35 m long and 8.5 m wide.
Dating: 11,000-12,000 years ago.
Material culture: Upper Paleolithic final.
The engravings on the wall represent deer, bulls, cows, donkeys, dogs, pigs, dolphins, tuna, and other fish.
Location: Romito Cave (Papasidero, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy).
Size: 1,20 m long.
Material culture: Upper Paleolithic.
The design is rich in details and has been executed with great skillfulness.
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