Karst cave.
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| Open: | not open to the public |
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Karst cave.
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Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, Alto de Zorroaga, 20014 Donostia, San Sebastian.
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| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:20:31 $ |
| 1969 | discovered by members of Aranzadi Natural Science Society. | |
| 1985 | first plans to build a replica to protect the fragile paintings. | |
| 2003 | cave replica opened to the public. |
The cave of Ekain contains Magdalenian cave paintings, which are regarded as outstanding examples of the franco-cantabric school. All pictures were created in this period of the Upper Palaeolithic, about 13,000 years ago, but the excavations in the entrance area revealed remains from a much longer period.
The pictures include all kinds of animals and also some symbolic paintings. There are both paintings and engravings. All the paintings are either monochrome red or black, or they used both colours. But no other colours were used. Together about 60 animal figures were found, showing deers, goats, bisons, fishes, and bears.
The most commonly depicted animals are horses. They more skills than the other animals, which may be a result of more practice. Some of the horses have a characteristic ventral M, which distinguishes from horse paintings in other caves.
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