The Use of Ochre and Painting During the Upper Paleolithic of the Swabian Jura in the Context of the Development of Ochre Use in Africa and Europe

Open Archaeology

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Sibylle Wolf¹  Nicholas J. Conard¹  Harald Floss²  Rimtautas Dapschauskas⁴  Elizabeth Velliky³  Andrew W. Kandel⁷ 

[1] Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment;Department for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen;Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie;Gerda Henkel Foundation;Department of Prehistory and Middle Eastern Archaeology, University of Heidelberg;Archaeology/Centre for Rock-Art Research and Management, Faculty of Arts, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia;Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, University of Tübingen

关键词: ochre use;    Middle Stone Age;    Swabian Jura;    Upper Paleolithic;    Magdalenian painting;   

DOI  :  10.1515/opar-2018-0012

学科分类：土木及结构工程学

来源: De Gruyter

【 摘 要 】

While the earliest evidence for ochre use is very sparse, the habitual use of ochre by hominins appeared about 140,000 years ago and accompanied them ever since. Here, we present an overview of archaeological sites in southwestern Germany, which yielded remains of ochre. We focus on the artifacts belonging exclusively to anatomically modern humans who were the inhabitants of the cave sites in the Swabian Jura during the Upper Paleolithic. The painted limestones from the Magdalenian layers of Hohle Fels Cave are a particular focus. We present these artifacts in detail and argue that they represent the beginning of a tradition of painting in Central Europe.

【 授权许可】

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