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Prehistoric cave art is important because it can serve as an art journal. The artwork of prehistoric people allow us to look into how they interact with their environment. Not only the artwork, but the tools they use and the remains near the sites can provide us with information about the artists' lives. The Magura Cave, Chauvet Cave, and Altamira Cave are a few caves that contain prehistoric artwork.
The Magura Cave is located in northeastern Bulgaria. The cave is about 2,500 meters long. The paintings in the cave shows outline of women, men dancing and hunting, and people with masks on. There were also pictures of animals, stars, tools, and planets. The paintings were carved into the walls and they were decorated with bat guano. The early Paleolithic, the Neolithic, the later Neolithic, and the beginning of the Bronze Age were different eras when the paintings were created. The earliest solar calendar founded in Europe was painted inside this cave.
The Chauvet Cave is in southern France, specifically in the Ardeche Valley. It is about …show more content…

It is approximately 971 feet long. Numerous remains of the Solutrean and Magdalenian were found; there were also animal shoulder blades that were engraved on. Out of some animal shoulder blades, one has been dated back to 14,480 years ago. The height of the lateral chamber varies from 3.8-8.7 feet and therefore, creating the paintings on the ceilings require crouching and working above the head. Paintings and engravings covers the roof of the chamber. The colors used to illustrate the images include red, black, and some violet. The animals painted include horses, a doe that is 8.2 feet long, and other simpler creatures. Some of the engravings include eight anthropomorphic figures, handprints, and hand stencils. In some part of the cave, there are black-painted and engraved figures. These artists played around with contouring on rock surfaces to add a three dimensional look to their

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