A Newly Discovered Female Engraving from Courbet (Penne-Tarn), France

Cook, Jill; Welté, Anne-Catherine

doi:10.1017/s0079497x00004072

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

1992

DOI: 10.1017/s0079497x00004072

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A Newly Discovered Female Engraving from Courbet (Penne-Tarn), France

Jill Cook

Anne-Catherine Welté

Abstract: An Upper Palaeolithic engraving of a female figure has recently been discovered on the base of a naturally hollowed limestone slab possibly used as a bowl or lamp, found in the cave of Courbet (Penne-Tarn, France) and preserved in the British Museum. The slab, decorated on the dished side with linear incisions, and the female figure are described in detail. The occurrence of a female engraving on a utilised slab is found to be unique to date but the relationship of the figure to the support is questioned and d… Show more

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“…Decades after their initial excavation and acquisition by museums, Palaeolithic engravings are still being discovered on small portable objects such as bone and antler fragments and stone slabs, even from some of the most intensively studied collections (eg, Cook & Welte 1992; Kaagan et al . 2011).…”

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A Newly Discovered Horse Engraving from La Madeleine (Dordogne), France

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2013

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A new engraving of a horse head has been discovered during a recent re-examination of the Magdalenian osseous projectile point assemblage from La Madeleine curated in the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale (St-Germain-en-Laye, France). Found on one side of an unmodified tip of reindeer tine, this piece was uncovered in amongst a collection of distal (tip) fragments of antler sagaies. While this piece is not unique to La Madeleine – a number of similar pieces having been recovered in early excavations at this site – it nonetheless contributes another small piece of information regarding Magdalenian mobiliary art. The horse engraving is compared with other known finds from La Madeleine, as well as several additional Magdalenian sites in order to outline its place in the current state of knowledge regarding these enigmatic artefacts.

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A Newly Discovered Horse Engraving from La Madeleine (Dordogne), France

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Art by firelight? Using experimental and digital techniques to explore Magdalenian engraved plaquette use at Montastruc (France)

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Palaeolithic stone plaquettes are a type of mobiliary art featuring engravings and recovered primarily from Magdalenian sites, where they can number from single finds to several thousand examples. Where context is available, they demonstrate complex traces of use, including surface refreshing, heating, and fragmentation. However, for plaquettes with limited or no archaeological context, research tends to gravitate toward their engraved surfaces. This paper focuses on 50 limestone plaquettes excavated by Peccadeau de l’Isle from Montastruc, a Magdalenian rockshelter site in southern France with limited archaeological context; a feature common to many art bearing sites excavated across the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Plaquette use at Montastruc was explored via a programme of microscopy, 3D modelling, colour enhancement using DStretch©, virtual reality (VR) modelling, and experimental archaeology, the latter focusing on limestone heating related to different functional and non-functional uses. While the limited archaeological context available ensures the results remain only indicative, the data generated suggests plaquettes from Montastruc were likely positioned in proximity to hearths during low ambient light conditions. The interaction of engraved stone and roving fire light made engraved forms appear dynamic and alive, suggesting this may have been important in their use. Human neurology is particularly attuned to interpreting shifting light and shadow as movement and identifying visually familiar forms in such varying light conditions through mechanisms such as pareidolic experience. This interpretation encourages a consideration of the possible conceptual connections between art made and experienced in similar circumstances, such as parietal art in dark cave environments. The toolset used to investigate the Montastruc assemblage may have application to other collections of plaquettes, particularly those with limited associated context.

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Anne-Catherine Welté (1945-2017)

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Anne-Catherine WELTÉ (1945-2017), docteur ès lettres en Préhistoire et Archéologie, s'est éteinte cet été, des suites d'une cruelle maladie. Professeur certifié d'Histoire et Géographie, Anne-Catherine Welté a passé toute sa carrière d'enseignante dans les lycées de Sainte-Marie-des-Champs et Sainte-Marie-de-Nevers à Toulouse. Elle a toujours eu à coeur non seulement de transmettre sa connaissance approfondie de l'Histoire et de la Géographie, mais aussi de soutenir et d'épauler les élèves trop souvent en détresse sociale et morale qui fréquentaient ces établissements. Elle y consacrait beaucoup de temps, d'énergie et d'enthousiasme. Cette énergie et cet enthousiasme, Anne-Catherine Welté les a mis particulièrement au service de sa grande passion, la Préhistoire, qu'elle a pratiquée en amateur à un très haut niveau. Tout en enseignant et en participant activement aux travaux de plusieurs Sociétés savantes, la société d'Histoire naturelle de Toulouse, l'Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belleslettres de Toulouse, et la Société méridionale de Spéléologie et de Préhistoire, dont elle fut la Secrétaire générale durant plus de 40 ans, elle commence une thèse de 3° cycle, « Étude du thème de l'affrontement dans l'art préhistorique », qu'elle soutient à Toulouse en 1970. Elle est également conférencière au Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Toulouse (1982-1997) et chargée de cours à l'Institut Catholique de Toulouse (1998-2000). Puis, tout en poursuivant ses activités professionnelles et bénévoles, elle publie de nombreux articles et participe à des congrès nationaux et internationaux. Elle commence dans les années 80 une thèse de doctorat d'État sur «L'art mobilier magdalénien de Fontalès (Tarn-et-Garonne) dans la vallée de l'Aveyron : les représentations anthropomorphes et zoomorphes ». Cette thèse sera soutenue en 2001 à l'Université de Franche-Comté. Chercheur associé au laboratoire Chrono-environnement de Besançon, Anne-Catherine Welté s'intéresse alors à de nouveaux sujets, comme les représentations humaines au Paléolithique, thème pour lequel elle travaille plus particulièrement sur les collections du Roc-de-Marcamps en Gironde. Dans le cadre de travaux sur l'art du Magdalénien moyen, elle étudie ce même site ainsi que la grotte Grappin à Arlay (Jura). Elle s'intéresse également aux origines de l'Homme, aux origines de l'art, et aux relations entre l'émergence de l'art et du sentiment religieux. Sa foi catholique profonde la menait à s'intéresser aux origines de la spiritualité et des religions. L'histoire de la Préhistoire, la musique au Paléolithique et la parure figuraient également parmi ses thèmes de recherche privilégiés.

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A Newly Discovered Female Engraving from Courbet (Penne-Tarn), France

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A Newly Discovered Horse Engraving from La Madeleine (Dordogne), France

A Newly Discovered Horse Engraving from La Madeleine (Dordogne), France

Art by firelight? Using experimental and digital techniques to explore Magdalenian engraved plaquette use at Montastruc (France)

Anne-Catherine Welté (1945-2017)

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