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Name      
France    Dordogne, Grotte des Bernous EuroPreArt - European Prehistoric Art
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Keywords: Palaeolithic, Aurignacian, engraving, rare animals, natural light, bear, rhinoceros, mammoth, sign, natural relief, style II (A. Leroi-Gourhan), alteration, vandalism
Institution: University of Liège  http://www.ulg.ac.be/prehist
Record
proposed
by
 Liège University - Belgium
 
Location
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Country:

 France

Locality:

 Bourdeilles

Region:

 Dordogne

Area:

 

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Plan et coupe de l'abri des Bernous, (B. et G. Delluc, dans l'Atlas des grottes ornées, 1984, p. 88).
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Copyright. No commercial use of EuroPreArt content is allowed. Specific © for pictures and drawings is mentioned in the captions or owned by each Author or Institution.
Disclaim. The EuroPreArt project fully endorses the most recent documentation policies. It must be outlined the absolute forbidding of any disruptive method and the necessity of a total respect for archaeological sites. It is also to be noticed that no substances shall be applied to rock art for recording purposes. Some pictures of the EuroPreArt records are related to past recording techniques and may not fully match these policies. They are an historical documentation. Please refer to local archaeological official authorities for any recording purpose. Please take a look also over EuroPreArt guidelines.
 
Environment & Surface

Open-air   Shelter   Cave Portable   Megalithic

Geography:
rive droite de la vallée de la Dronne, s'ouvre perpendiculairement au pied d'une petite falaise. Porche orienté au sud-est.

Proximity:

 rivière la Dronne; autres gisements paléolithiques environnants: Abri des Bernous (Solutréen supérieur), Trou de la Chèvre (Aurignacien et Périgordien), Grotte du Pey de l'Azé (Solutréen supérieur), Fourneau du Diable (Périgordien et Solutréen).

Geology:
calcaire santonien

Surface:
altérée par des gelées

 

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Art        

Description:

 Engravings   Paintings   Painted engravings   High or low-relief   Sculpture
Les figures synthétiques, en profil strict, sont localisées sur la paroi sud, verticale ; les plus proches de l'entrée sont éclairées par la lumière naturelle. Les gravures sont larges, les traits présentent une section courbe et parfois en V à fond arrondi (nez de l'ours). Utilisation et accentuation du relief naturel (ligne dorsale du mammouth et de l'ours).

Figures:
total number 4
1 mammouth, 1 rhinocéros, 1 signe losangique, 1 ours

Chronology:

 Palaeolithic   Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic   Neolithic   Copper Age   Bronze Age   Iron Age   Roman   Middle Age   Modern   Unknown
attribué à l'Aurignacien par la présence de quelques vestiges lithiques et le caractère fruste des gravures (style II de Leroi-Gourhan).

Notes:
historique: entrée mise au jour en 1927. Découverte, étude des gravures et fouille (5 x 3 m, sur 1,3 m de profondeur) par D. et E. Peyroni en 1929. Visite de l'abbé Breuil l(21/09/1934) et de Leroi-Gourhan (05/1972).
 
Bibliography        





European total bibliography, by EuroPreArt partnersTotal (Europe)
France EuroPreArt general bibliography, by University of LiègeGeneral (country)
Specific Dordogne, Grotte des Bernous bibliography, by University of LiègeSpecific (site)
Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic worldwide Database (external link). Compiled by Leigh Marymor. Copyright (C) 2001-2002 by the Library, University of California, Berkeley Bibliographic
Rock Art
Database

 

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Conservation        

Status:

 Public   Private   Park   Classified site

Risk:
surface décorée écaillée par les gelées antérieures à la fermeture de la grotte. Ajouts modernes au fusain sur les traits gravés paléolithiques.

Conservation:

 Good   Quite good   Mediocre   Bad

Intervention:
étude des gravures et fouille (5 x 3 m, sur 1,3 m de profondeur) par D. et E. Peyroni en 1929. Accès protégé par un mur et une porte. Fermé au public.

 
By          

Compiler:

 Lremacle

Institution:

 University of Liège  http://www.ulg.ac.be/prehist
 
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EuroPreArt, European Prehistoric Art, is a web-based archaeological project funded by the European Union which aims to establish a lasting data-base of European prehistoric art documentation, to launch the base of an European institutional network and to contribute to the awareness of the diversity and richness of European Prehistoric Art.
It is proposed by: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT, Portugal), CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (Italy - Europe), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón (España), Université de Liège (Belgique), Gotland University College (Sverige), University College Dublin (Eire), Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo (Italia), Study Centre and Museum of Prehistoric Art of Pinerolo (Italia), The European Centre for Prehistoric Research in the Alto Ribatejo (Portugal), ArqueoJovem - a youth NGO (Portugal).
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar - Portugal CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage, Ravello - Italy CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid - Spain Orme dell'Uomo - Footsteps of Man, Valcamonica - Italy Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón, Extremadura -Spain Liège University - Belgium Gotland University - Sweden University College Dublin - Ireland CeSMAP - Centro Studi e Museo d'Arte Preistorica. Pinerolo, Italy Arqueo Jovem
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