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Positioned 2,133 meters up the Southern French Alps, the Abri Faravel is a small rock shelter discovered during an extensive project investigating human activity and landscape change in the high altitude zone.\u00a0 What makes this rock shelter so fascinating is not only has it revealed nine phases of occupation from the Mesolithic through the Medieval time periods, but that it bears the highest altitude pre or pronto-historic paintings.\u00a0 On the \u201cceiling\u201d of the shelter, a composition of parallel lines and what is believed to be animal figures covers a c.3m\u00b2 surface. \u00a0After using modern technologies to scan the images, archaeologists believe the paintings depict either a deer or a dog with a projectile in their back, further suggesting the inhabitant’s relationship with hunting during the time.\u00a0 These early works of art have survived two millennials, maybe even four, thanks to the natural overhang of the rock protecting the paintings from the elements. For more about the discovery, please use the link below.<\/p>\n

Interpreting the Rock Paintings of Abri Faravel: laser and white-light scanning at 2,133m in the southern French Alps<\/a><\/p>\n

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Positioned 2,133 meters up the Southern French Alps, the Abri Faravel is a small rock shelter discovered during an extensive project investigating human activity and landscape change in the high altitude zone.\u00a0 What makes this rock shelter so fascinating is … More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[1126,11,9,1125,1127],"class_list":["post-24285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-prehistoric","tag-rehs-contemporary-news","tag-rehs-galleries-news","tag-rock-paintings","tag-rock-shelter"],"yoast_head":"\nThe highest elevated pre or pronto-historic rock paintings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On the \u201cceiling\u201d of the shelter, a composition of parallel lines and what is believed to be animal figures covers a c.3m\u00b2 surface.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2016\/05\/the-highest-elevated-pre-or-pronto-historic-rock-paintings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Highest Elevated Pre Or Pronto-Historic Rock Paintings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On the \u201cceiling\u201d of the shelter, a composition of parallel lines and what is believed to be animal figures covers a c.3m\u00b2 surface.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2016\/05\/the-highest-elevated-pre-or-pronto-historic-rock-paintings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-26T21:38:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-23T20:36:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/rock-paintings.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2393\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"874\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alyssa Rehs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alyssa Rehs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/the-highest-elevated-pre-or-pronto-historic-rock-paintings\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/the-highest-elevated-pre-or-pronto-historic-rock-paintings\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alyssa Rehs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d5c885d99ebbdc550c692bb4595262b\"},\"headline\":\"The Highest Elevated Pre Or Pronto-Historic Rock Paintings\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-26T21:38:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-23T20:36:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/the-highest-elevated-pre-or-pronto-historic-rock-paintings\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/the-highest-elevated-pre-or-pronto-historic-rock-paintings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/rock-paintings.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"prehistoric\",\"Rehs Contemporary - 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