Valladas H, Clottes J, Geneste J M, Garcia M A, Arnold M, Cachier H, Tisnérat-Laborde N
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR CEA-CNRS 1572, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
Nature. 2001 Oct 4;413(6855):479. doi: 10.1038/35097160.
Sophisticated examples of European palaeolithic parietal art can be seen in the caves of Altamira, Lascaux and Niaux near the Pyrenees, which date to the Magdalenian period (12,000-17,000 years ago), but paintings of comparable skill and complexity were created much earlier, some possibly more than 30,000 years ago. We have derived new radiocarbon dates for the drawings that decorate the Chauvet cave in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, France, which confirm that even 30,000 years ago Aurignacian artists, already known as accomplished carvers, could create masterpieces comparable to the best Magdalenian art. Prehistorians, who have traditionally interpreted the evolution of prehistoric art as a steady progression from simple to more complex representations, may have to reconsider existing theories of the origins of art.
在比利牛斯山脉附近的阿尔塔米拉、拉斯科和尼奥阿克斯洞穴中，可以看到欧洲旧石器时代晚期壁画的精妙范例，这些洞穴的年代可追溯至马格德林时期（距今12000 - 17000年前），但具有类似技巧和复杂度的绘画创作要早得多，有些可能超过30000年前。我们已得出法国阿尔代什省瓦隆 - 蓬 - 达尔克的肖维岩洞壁画的新放射性碳年代测定结果，这些结果证实，即使在30000年前，早已以技艺精湛的雕刻师闻名的奥瑞纳文化艺术家，就能创作出可与最杰出的马格德林艺术相媲美的杰作。传统上把史前艺术的演变解释为从简单表现形式到更复杂表现形式的稳步发展的史前史学家，可能不得不重新审视现有的艺术起源理论。
