La grotte Cosquer révélée. Les secrets du sanctuaire préhistorique englouti. Copte Dumas and Gautier

Dumas and Gautier

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published in 1932

La grotte Cosquer révélée. Les secrets du sanctuaire préhistorique englouti. Copte Dumas and GautierThis richly illustrated book traces the history of the Cosquer Cave, a unique prehistoric decorated site immersed in the Calanques of Marseille. The cave was frequented for millennia by hunter gatherers of the Paleolithic period, between 33,000 and 19,000 years ago. They painted and engraved hundreds of signs and animal figures (horses, bison, ibexes, etc.) including marine animals unique in all cave art (seals and penguins). Partially submerged 9,000