Bilan des datations carbone 14 effectuées sur des charbons de bois de la grotte Chauvet

• DOI: 10.3406/bspf.2005.13342
• Publication Date: 2010-05-21T10:27:33Z
• Authors: Hélène Valladas; Nadine Tisnérat-L...; Hélène Cacher; Évelyne Kaltnecker; Maurice Arnold; Christine Oberlin; Jacques Evin
• Keywords: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere; 0601 history and archaeology; 06 humanities and the arts; [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment; environment; [SDU.ENVI] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment

After a brief presentation of the experimental protocols, this article discusses the results of the 14C dates obtained from charcoal specimens collected on the walls (drawings and torch-wipes) and on the ground of the Chauvet Cave. The dates, which are coherent, can be divided into two periods a few millennia apart: between 33000 and 29000 14C years BP (33 samples including the five parietal representations) and between 27000 and 24500 14 C years BP (13 samples including the four torch-wipes).