Friday, April 11, 2014

Homo sapiens

There is only one representation of Homo Sapiens at Lascaux.  At Chauvet, the sole portrayal of Homo sapiens does not show a complete human.  This is the Sorcerer Panel, in which a partial depiction of a woman is shown with a composite individual whose lower body and hand are those of a man, but whose head and upper back are those of a bison.


Fallen hunter and wounded bison, The Shaft Scene, Lascaux
Image source: www.baroquepotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Lascaux-Birdman-Bison.jpg
(accessed April 12, 2014)


The Sorcerer Panel (on the pendant feature at the right of the photo), The End Chamber, Chauvet
Image source: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/images2/pan-sorcerer-chamber.jpg
(accessed April 16, 2014)

A closer view of the painting on the pendant, seen from a different standpoint:
http://www.phaidon.com/resource/caveart-2.jpg

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