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We can now state that the Cosquer Cave used to be one of the most
important cave art sites in Europe, comparable to Lascaux, Trois-Frères,
Altamira or Chauvet. This is because we are only left with a small part
of the art. Exploring the submerged passages and chambers has shown that
between three quarters to four fifths of the whole network is now under
water where the walls and vaults are corroded by the sea and by the
shells and algae so that no painting or engraving could be preserved.

As all the parts of the cave which were accessible where the water did
not reach are covered with engravings, finger flutings and drawings, we
can assume that it was more or less the same in most of the submerged
chambers: the level of the sea could not coincidentally have stopped
just before the places where the art happened to be. Therefore there
could originally have been anything between 400 and 800 animal figures
in the cave.
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*Horse's head drawn on
a short stalagmite
*Photo J. Clottes

The animals most often represented are the horses (63) sometimes entire,
at other times with just their heads, then the ibex (28), the bison and
aurochs (24) and the red deer (15) i.e. stags and does. The other
animals are far more rare: 4 chamois, 2 megaloceros deer, 1 feline,
1 saiga antelope. Sea animals are fairly common (17), far more than in
any other cave: 9 seals, 4 fish, 3 auks. We can add 20 animal figures
that could not be identified precisely and 3 composite animals (i.e.
with characteristics pertaining to different species).

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*The Panel of the Black Horses
*Photo J. Clottes

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*Horse drawn in black on wall covered with engravings and finger tracings
*Photo J. Clottes

*A black horse drawn on
top **of many finger tracings
*Photo J. Clottes

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*A black kneeling ibex
*Photo J. Clottes

*An ibex followed by a seal
*Photo J. Clottes

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*Two black bison and a horse's head
*Photo L. Vanrell

*A black stag on a low ceiling
*Photo L. Vanrell

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*Head of a feline
*Photo J. Clottes

*The three black auks
*Photo L. Vanrell

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| *Acknowledgements <acknowledgements.html>* |

Cosquer Cave - Prehistoric Images and Medicines Under the Sea
Jean Clottes, Jean Courtin, Luc Vanrell
www.bradshawfoundation.com

Other related sections on the Bradshaw Foundation website:
*Paleolithic Art in France* [ *click here
<http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/clottes>* ]
*The Chauvet Cave* [ *click here
<http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet>* ]
*The Chauvet Paintings Gallery* [ *click here
<http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/gallery>* ]

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