Chauvet cave : the discovery of the world's oldest paintings
Chauvet, Jean-Marie1996
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On 18 December 1994, three cavers in the Ardèche in southern France discovered a cave full of wall paintings some 15000 years older than those at Lascaux. This book and its photographs gives the opportunity to view the paintings at first hand.
Main title:
Chauvet cave : the discovery of the world's oldest paintings / Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette Brunel Deschamps, Christian Hillaire ; foreword by Paul G. Bahn ; epilogue by Jean Clottes.
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 1996.
Collation:
135p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, col. ports. ; 32 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-130) and index.Translation of: La grotte Chauvet.
ISBN:
9780500017067 (hbk)
Dewey class:
709.011309709.011309449709.0113709
Local class:
709.01120944709.011309449
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
883909
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