Against Chauvet-nism: a critique of recent attempts to validate an early chronology for the art of Chauvet Cave.
(2014)
Journal Article
Pettitt, P., & Bahn, P. (2014). Against Chauvet-nism: a critique of recent attempts to validate an early chronology for the art of Chauvet Cave. L'Anthropologie, 118, 163-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2014.03.005
Outputs (3)
The European Upper Palaeolithic. (2014)
Book Chapter
Pettitt, P. (2014). The European Upper Palaeolithic. In V. Cummings, P. Jordan, & M. Zvelebil (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199551224.013.052Today, five broad stages can be discerned over the 35 000 years of the European Upper Palaeolithic; the Initial, Early, Mid, Late and Terminal Upper Palaeolithic. Although it is unclear whether some assemblages of the Initial Upper Palaeolithic were... Read More about The European Upper Palaeolithic..
New views on old hands: the context of stencils in El Castillo and La Garma Caves (Cantabria, Spain) (2014)
Journal Article
Pettitt, P., Maximiano Castillejo, A., Arias, P., Ontañon Peredo, R., & Harrison, R. (2014). New views on old hands: the context of stencils in El Castillo and La Garma Caves (Cantabria, Spain). Antiquity, 88(339), 47-63. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00050213Hand stencils are an intriguing feature of prehistoric imagery in caves and rockshelters in several parts of the world, and the recent demonstration that the oldest of those in Western Europe date back to 37 000 years or earlier further enhances thei... Read More about New views on old hands: the context of stencils in El Castillo and La Garma Caves (Cantabria, Spain).