Essays about: "decorated caves"

Found 2 essays containing the words decorated caves.

1. 1. Implementing a multi-criteria GIS analysis and predictive modelling to locate Upper Palaeolithic decorated caves in the Périgord noir, France

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Benjamin Bernard Fabien Gérard Borgeais; [2022]
   Keywords : Geography; GIS; MCDA; MCE; MCDM; MCA; predictive modelling; archaeology; decorated caves; Upper Palaeolithic; Périgord; Dordogne; Vézère; France; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Geographical Information Systems are a powerful tool for the processing of geographical data and can be used to implement predictive modelling for the purpose of archaeological research. The study presented here proposes a predictive model based on multi-criteria evaluation, and aims at analysing the parameters of known Upper Palaeolithic decorated caves in the Périgord noir, in southwest France. READ MORE

3. 2. Tracing Upper Palaeolithic People in Caves : Methodological developments of cave space analysis, applied to the decorated caves of Marsoulas, Chauvet and Rouffignac, southern France

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Linn Haking; [2014]
   Keywords : Palaeolithic cave art; Practice; Cave space analysis; Traces of human activity;

   Abstract : Upper Palaeolithic cave art research has tended to focus on the images themselves, rather than the physical and social circumstances of their production. This dissertation explores and develops new practice-based ways of investigating cave art. READ MORE