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/lanns koh"/a cave in Lascaux, France, discovered in 1940 and containing exceptionally fine Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings thought to date to Magdalenian times (c13,000-8500 B.C.).
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Lascaux Cave
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Lascaux Cave — Las•caux′ Cave′ [[t]læˈskoʊ[/t]] n. ara a cave in Lascaux, France, discovered in 1940 and containing exceptionally fine Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings thought to date to Magdalenian times (c13,000–8500 b.c.) … From formal English to slang
Lascaux Cave — /lanns koh / a cave in Lascaux, France, discovered in 1940 and containing exceptionally fine Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings thought to date to Magdalenian times (c13,000 8500 B.C.) … Useful english dictionary
Lascaux cave — /læsˌkoʊ ˈkeɪv/ (say las.koh kayv) noun a cave near Montignac in Dordogne in central France, containing Aurignacian wall paintings dating from the Upper Palaeolithic period, about 17 000 years ago …
Lascaux — is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its prehistoric cave paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in the Dordogne département . They contain some of the most well known Upper… … Wikipedia
Lascaux Grotto — Cave near Montignac, Fr. , that contains perhaps the most outstanding known display of prehistoric art. Discovered in 1940, it consists of a main cavern and several steep galleries, all magnificently decorated with engraved, drawn, and painted… … Universalium
Cave painting — Cave paintings are paintings on cave walls and ceilings, and the term is used especially for those dating to prehistoric times. The earliest known European cave paintings date to 32,000 years ago. The purpose of the cave paintings is not known.… … Wikipedia
Lascaux — [las kō′] cave in the Dordogne region, SW France, containing Upper Paleolithic paintings and engravings * * * Las·caux (lă skōʹ) A cave of southwest France in the Dordogne River valley. The cave, discovered in 1940 and now closed to the public,… … Universalium
Lascaux — [las kō′] cave in the Dordogne region, SW France, containing Upper Paleolithic paintings and engravings … English World dictionary
Cave of Altamira — Infobox World Heritage Site WHS = Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain State Party = ESP Type = Cultural Criteria = i, iii ID = 310 Region = Europe and North America Year = 1985 Session = 9th Extension = 2008 Link =… … Wikipedia
Cave art — European Paleolithic painted and engraved rock art imagery, especially in the caves of France (such as Lascaux) and Spain (such as Altamira), has been interpreted as evidence of “art for art’s sake,” hunting magic, totemism, structuralism and… … Historical dictionary of shamanism
