© CNRS AV - 1986

Art of Cave Paintings (The)

Homage to André Leroi-Gourhan...

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599

Duration

00:18:00

Production year

1986

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Summary

In 1976, André Leroi-Gourhan gave an exposé of his knowledge concerning the "religion and beliefs" of the people of the Upper Palaeolithic, the role the caves and the cave paintings may have played in this religion.

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