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Foreword by Jean Clottes
Prologue
Acknowledgements
List of Special Sections
Lists of Plates, Text Figures, Special Section Figures, and Gazetteer Figures
Notes for Readers
Part 1: The Text
1. Introduction: The scope of the book
2. Enlightenment and Discovery: The birth of the Palaeolithic period and the discovery of the first decorated objects
3. Denial and Atonement: The discovery of Upper Palaeolithic rock art and the definition of style
4. Precision and controversy: The use of direct radiocarbon age estimates
5. Where and when? The distribution of Upper Palaeolithic rock art sites in Western Europe
6. Lifting the painted Veil: The quest for meaning
Epilogue
Part 2: The Gazetteer
1. Altamira, Cantabria, Spain
2. La Pena de Candamo, Asturias, Spain
3. Monte Castillo, Cantabria, Spain; including El Castillo, Las Chimeneas, Las Monedas and La Pasiega
4. Chauvet, Ardeche, France
5. Cosquer, Bouche du Rhone, France
6. Cougnac, Lot, France
7. Covaciella, Asturias, France; including El Bosque
8. La Garma, Cantabria, Spain
9. Lascaux, Dordogne, France
10. Llonin, Asturias, Spain
11. Mayenne-Sciences, Mayenne, France
12. Niaux, Ariege, France
13. Pech-Merle, Lot, France
14. La Pileta, Andalucia, Spain
15. Le Portel, Ariege, France
16. Tito Bustillo, Asturias, Spain
Appendix: Table of radiocarbon age estimates
References
Picture Credits
Index.
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Painted caves : palaeolithic rock art in western Europe by Andrew J. Lawson. ISBN 9780199698226. Published by Oxford University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
