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André Leroi-Gourhan (1911-1986) in the Rouffignac cave (Dordogne)

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Grotte Chauvet - UNESCO World Heritage Site

Grotte Chauvet - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France

André Leroi-Gourhan has proposed a radically new approach to the interpretation of paleolithic parietal art, based on a return to the documents themselves, the analysis of the neighborhood relations of the works and their position relative to the topography cavities. He proceeds to a statistical treatment of the representations and leads to a symbolic reading of the figurations (pictogram, mythogramme11) interpreted as masculine or feminine symbols.

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  • Title: André Leroi-Gourhan (1911-1986) in the Rouffignac cave (Dordogne)
  • Creator: unknown
  • Location: Rouffignac
Grotte Chauvet - UNESCO World Heritage Site

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