cave art
Americannoun
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paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters, especially naturalistic depictions of animals, produced by Upper Paleolithic peoples of western Europe between about 28,000 and 10,000 years ago.
Etymology
Origin of cave art
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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During this period, new cultural elements emerged in various realms, including tool technology, food acquisition, seafaring, and artistic expression in ornaments and cave art.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024
“The whole thing is unconvincing,” says archaeologist João Zilhão of the University of Barcelona, who has proposed that Neanderthals made early cave art.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 4, 2023
"From prehistoric cave art to Native Americans, there has been a Shamanistic connection with people sharing their dreams."
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2023
So instead this poor character gets an untranslated language until she can trigger “aww’s” by learning the words “home” and “family” and, with stick figures, inventing cave art.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023
They took piles of books out of the library They found out about cave art in France, about papyrus scrolls in Egypt, about Mayan petroglyphs in Mexico, and about stone tablets from the Middle East.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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