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Techo de los policromos de Altamira
More than 35.000 years ago, a member of a community living at the entrance of Altamira advanced deeper into the cave and, in a lower ceiling, drew a big abstract sign among other figures. 20.000 years later, people from other communities that also lived at the entrance of the cave, added a charcoal drawing of some bisons to these drawings or paintings in red and black. Shortly after, a natural col…
Creator
- Anonimous
Subject
- animals
Type of item
- cave paintings
- rock paintings
Medium
- colours, pigments, and paints
Creator
- Anonimous
Subject
- animals
Type of item
- cave paintings
- rock paintings
Medium
- colours, pigments, and paints
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Creation date
- Upper Paleolithic
Current location
- Cave of Altamira
Provenance
- Cueva de Altamira
Identifier
- ES_280_001
Extent
- 22,50 meter per 11 meter
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-01-18T14:39:44.497Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-03-02T16:42:54.725Z