Lascaux Hall of Bulls Frieze South Panel
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)·Multi-period rock art·🇫🇷 Dordogne, Lascaux, France
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About Lascaux Hall of Bulls Frieze South Panel
Lascaux Hall of Bulls Frieze South Panel in Dordogne, Lascaux, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal panel 12 m long × 3 m high and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 45.0540N 1.1660E controls access to Dordogne resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey rock art for Dordogne, Lascaux, illustrating Multi-period rock art construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Meaning of iconographic motifs
- 02Dating of superimposed phases
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
- Period
- Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Multi-period rock art
- Purpose
- Rock art sanctuary and ritual landscape with petroglyphs/pictographs
- Rediscovered
- 1971 survey
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Lascaux Hall of Bulls Frieze South Panel main structure
c. 1911
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1971–2016
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Lascaux Hall of Bulls Frieze South Panel) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
45.0540° N · 1.1660° E · 157 m · 3 mapped features
Lascaux Hall of Bulls Frieze South Panel — Main Structure
panelPrincipal rock art — Panel 12 m long × 3 m high with diagnostic masonry/panel
45.0548° N · 1.1669° ELascaux Hall of Bulls Frieze South Panel — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
45.0530° N · 1.1653° ELascaux Hall of Bulls Frieze South Panel — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with petroglyph panel extension
45.0555° N · 1.1672° E