The Lascaux Shaft scene is the most enigmatic painting of Lascaux and, arguably, of all known Upper Palaeolithic art. Its monochrome figures occupy a wall at the bottom of a 17-foot pit at the back of the Apse section of the cavern complex. In terms of artistry, its black oxide prospect offers no challenge to […]
Month: August 2018
Stone Age Stellarium
I recently co-authored a paper with Martin Sweatman from the School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, titled: Decoding European Palaeolithic art: Extremely ancient knowledge of precession of the equinoxes. It is currently under peer-review but can be downloaded here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.00046 and here: https://scirate.com/arxiv/1806.00046 The background assumption is that civilisations developed through hunter-gather rituals tied to […]
