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    An illustrated invitation for a lecture by Jean Clottes about the Chauvet rock-paintings in France for the Clifton Antiquarian Club on 16th January 2010.

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    Clifton

    ANTIQUARIAN
    Club

    The Clifton Antiquarian Club Winter Lecture

    The Cave Paintings of Chauvet


    by Dr Jean Clottes

    Chauvet Cave is as famous for the quality of its artwork as for its very early
    dates, between 30,000/32,000BP when most of the art was made. Some 430
    animals are represented and the graphic quality of the ancient art is
    astounding.
    A multi-disciplinary team has been working not only on the art but also on
    the spectacular traces and remains left by humans and animals, trying to work
    out how the cave was utilised.
    We are delighted to have Dr Jean Clottes, one of the world’s leading
    authorities on prehistoric rock art, to explain more.

    Saturday 16th January 2010 at 6.00pm


    at University of Bristol, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology,
    43 Woodland Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1UU

    TICKETS £6 - Strictly in advance - book early to avoid disappointment


    (Entrance is free to members however a place must still be reserved)
    To book contact Peter Fenn at secretary@cliftonantiquarian.co.uk or phone 07768 504005
    For further details see website at www.cliftonantiquarian.co.uk
    The eminent French prehistorian Jean Clottes has been
    involved with archaeology since 1959 when he first developed
    an interest into formal study. In a long and distinguished career
    he has the distinction of being honoured by his country on five
    occasions. From an original focus on Neolithic chambered
    monuments, a theme that carried through to his PhD thesis, he
    became engrossed with prehistoric cave art and has led a
    number of significant investigations in southern France; his
    most famous include Chauvet Cave and the underwater
    Cosquer Cave. He was appointed Inspector for Archaeology at
    the French Ministry of Culture in 1992 and became Scientific
    Advisor to the same Ministry the following year. He created a
    good deal of publicity from within the world of archaeology
    when he co-authored The Shamans of Prehistory: Trance and
    Magic in the Painted Caves with David Lewis-Williams.
    His principal scientific interests in prehistoric rock art concern
    recording, dating and preservation, analysis of the paint, as well
    as seeking a better anthropological and cultural perspective.
    Dr Clottes is Honorary President of the Sociétè Préhistorique
    Française and has published over 350 scientific papers, together
    with 23 books, his latest one being Cave Art published by
    Phaidon Press last year. Although now in semi-retirement, he
    continues to lecture around the world and is currently filming a
    documentary 'The Painted Cave' scheduled for release this
    year.
    Chauvet Cave, in the Ardèche region of southern France was
    discovered in 1994 by a group of spelaeologists, and Jean
    Clottes was called in to investigate. It was apparent that the
    cave was a momentous discovery, having been untouched for
    thousands of years, preserving not only the wonderful painted
    art, but also fossils of animals (some extinct) and a huge
    archaeological resource for new data on the Upper Palaeolithic
    of Europe. In 1994 the cave was closed, and since then, more
    people have been to the summit of Everest than have been
    inside Chauvet Cave.
    For more information see www.bradshawfoundation.com

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