The identification of the first Paleolithic animal sculpture in the Ile-de-France: the Ségognole 3 bison and its ramifications

• Autores: Duncan Caldwell
• Localización: Préhistoire, art et sociétés: bulletin de la Société Préhistorique de l'Ariège, ISSN 1954-5045, Nº. 65-66, 2010-2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: L'art pléistocène dans le monde), págs. 74-75
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A 190cm bison sculpture exists beside Ségognole 3¿s vulva and horses. The deep grooves making up parts of the vulva and bison are technically identical, making them likely Paleolithic contemporaries, but differ from the light incisions making up the horses. Compositional analyses reveal how the frieze resembles ones at Guy-Martin and Roc-aux-Sorciers. A survey of representations with some natural contours shows that mammoths and bison seem to be the main species illustrated this way. This adds support to a "prey-mother" hypothesis linking "armor-headed" herbivores and some Paleolithic feminine imagery. Finally, the kind of compositional inquiry that led to the bison¿s discovery is shown to have wider applications.