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La Pasiega Gallery C and its Rock Art List

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  • 19 photos(about1280x1000/JPEG) .
  • Commentary by César González Sainz & Roberto Cacho Toca, Univ. of Cantabria.
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Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa004_1
Description: Violet bison repainted in black
Depiction: Bison, claviform sign
Chronology: Style IV. Magdalenian. ca.16000-11500 BP
Techniques: Paint and Engraving
Comment:
This is a figure of a male bison, originally outlined in violet, and later repainted in black in certain parts, such as the lower part of its face, top of its forelimb or its belly. The animal is superimposed on remains of red paint which correspond to vertical claviform signs that are now very faint. This bison shows some quite archaic pictorial conventions, such as having only one fore and rear limb or the twisted perspective of its horns. Nevertheless, its proportions and numerous details included, like the hooves, genitals, eye, beard and spear in its back, mean this figure is probably of Magdalenian age. Its superimposition on the claviform signs supports this idea. Lower down on the same wall there are more black paintings and some engravings, but they cannot be seen in this photograph.
Location: Outside
Photo ID: pa2298_094
Description: Mt.Castillo
Depiction: Mt.Castillo
Chronology:
Techniques:
Comment:
Location: Outside
Photo ID: pa2298_098
Description: View from the halfway of Mt.Castillo
Depiction: View from the halfway of Mt.Castillo
Chronology:
Techniques:
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Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa005_1
Description: Panel of paintings and engravings in the alcove in the left-hand wall
Depiction: Sign, hind, horse
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa006_1
Description: Vertical bovine
Depiction: Auroch
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa007_1
Description: Deer on the left hand wall of the vestibule
Depiction: Stag, hind, bison
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa008_1
Description: Figures of a stag and a hind on the left wall of the vestibule
Depiction: Hind, stag
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa009_1
Description: Abstract signs and other figures in red on the left wall of the vestibule
Depiction: Sign, bison, hind
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa010_1
Description: Symbolic abstract motif on the left wall of the vestibule
Depiction: Sign
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa011_1
Description: Paintings and engravings in an alcove in the left wall of the vestibule
Depiction: Sign, horse, stag, hind
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa012_1
Description: Painted horse and other engravings in the alcove in the left hand wall
Depiction: Horse
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa013_1
Description: Painted and engraved figures in the alcove in the left hand wall
Depiction: Dotted sign, hind
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint and Engraving
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa014_1
Description: Red sign and engraved hind in the alcove in the left wall
Depiction: Sign, hind
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint and Engraving
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa015_1
Description: Red abstract sign in the alcove in the left wall
Depiction: Sign
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa016_1
Description: Figures inside the alcove in the left wall
Depiction: Hind, stag, horse, sign
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa017_1
Description: Quadrilateral sign of the Cantabrian type in the alcove in the left wall
Depiction: Sign
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa018_1
Description: Anthropomorphic figure in the alcove in the left hand wall
Depiction: Anthropomorph
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa019_1
Description: Large panel on the left hand wall of the vestibule
Depiction: Possible auroch
Chronology: Style IV. Magdalenian. ca.16000-11500 BP
Techniques: Paint and Engraving
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa020_1
Description: Hind in red at the back of the left wall in the vestibule
Depiction: Hind
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:


Variations
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa2299_044/pa005_1
Description: Panel of paintings and engravings in the alcove in the left-hand wall
Depiction: Sign, hind, horse
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa2299_045/pa012_1
Description: Painted horse and other engravings in the alcove in the left hand wall
Depiction: Horse
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa2299_046/pa013_1
Description: Dotted sign, hind
Depiction: Stag
Chronology: Style III. Solutrean-Lower Magdalenian. ca.19000-16000 BP
Techniques: Paint and Engraving
Comment:
Location: PA06
Photo ID: pa2299_047/pa004_1
Description: Violet bison repainted in black
Depiction: Bison, claviform sign
Chronology: Style IV. Magdalenian. ca.16000-11500 BP
Techniques: Paint and Engraving
Comment:


Photographed by Takeo Fukazawa & Co-Project Team of Texnai Inc. and the University of Cantabria
Comment by César González Sainz & Roberto Cacho Toca, Univ. of Cantabria

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