Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, Ardèche (World Heritage List, 1426)
Officiële omschrijving: meer dan 1000 tekeningen, vooral dieren (ook gevaarlijke soorten), Aurignacien; grot afgesloten door instorting ca. 20.000 jaar geleden, herontdekt in 1994.
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Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, Ardèche (World Heritage List, 1426)
3 november 2026, Claude (scout, Sonnet): Pagina geopend via curl (WebFetch gaf 403); 'Brief synthesis' gelezen. Citaten: 'contains the earliest known pictorial drawings, carbon-dated to as early as the Aurignacian period (30,000 to 32,000 BP)'; 'closed off by a rock fall approximately 20,000 years BP and remained sealed until its rediscovery in 1994'; 'more than 1,000 drawings, predominantly of animals, including several dangerous species'. Het Franse ministerie geeft oudere gebruiksdata (36.500 jaar, zie fr-culture-chauvet-aurignacian): in de tekst 'ruim 30.000 tot ca. 36.000 jaar' met vermelding van het verschil.