For Lascaux in the Corr ze department Lascaux, Corr ze Image Lascaux2.jpg thumb Cave painting of a Dun gene dun horse equine at LascauxLascaux is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France ... ref cite web title What the Lascaux Cave Paintings Tell Us About How Our Ancestors Understood the Stars author merlynne6 url http www.environmentalgraffiti.com sciencetech what the lascaux cave paintings ... to have lived in the area at the time. In 1979, Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage ... of Felines. Image Lascaux II.jpg thumb Reproductions of some Lascaux artworks in Lascaux II Lascaux ... was opened in 1983, 200 meters from the original. ref name cave art Reproductions of other Lascaux ... months to save Lascaux first John last Lichfield newspaper The Independent date 12 July 2008 url http www.independent.co.uk news world europe six months to save lascaux 865819.html postscript Bot inserted ... this steep sloped relief, near Montignac and in the vicinity of Lascaux, the contours of the land soften considerably the valley floor widens, and the banks of the river lose their steepness. The Lascaux ... in western Europe. The images Image Lascaux painting.jpg thumb Aurochs File Lascaus, Megaloceros.JPG ... lascaux en The Cave of Lascaux official website Themes ref Failed verification date January 2011 ..., new research has suggested that the Lascaux paintings may incorporate prehistoric star charts. Dr ... ref ref cite web title The Lascaux cave a Prehistoric sky map... url http issuu.com lightmediation docs the lascaux cave a prehistoric sky map 3390?mode embed&documentId 080926150256 7f1d39d0e87c4e28a7515a2712d1e473 ... successful hunting strategies. Applying to the Lascaux paintings the iconographic method of analysis ... last Guiot Houdart title Lascaux et les mythes location P rigueux year 2004 publisher Pilote 24 language ... angular or barbed signs of Lascaux may be analysed as weapon or wounds . These signs affect dangerous ... JuliendHuy Papers 980367 Les animaux fleches a Lascaux nouvelle proposition dinterpretation ... more details
Infobox French commune name Lascaux region Limousin department Corr ze arrondissement Brive la Gaillarde canton Juillac INSEE 19109 postal code 19130 mayor Alain Zizard term 2001&ndash 2008 intercommunality Juillac Loyre Auv z re longitude 1.3656 latitude 45.34 elevation m 303 elevation min m 193 elevation max m 403 area km2 7.26 population 172 population date 2008 Expand French date January 2009 Lascaux Corr ze Lascaux is a Communes of France commune in the Corr ze Departments of France department in central France . Population D mographie 1962 246 1968 252 1975 221 1982 193 1990 167 1999 154 2008 172 See also Communes of the Corr ze department References http www.insee.fr en home home page.asp INSEE reflist Corr ze communes Category Communes of Corr ze Corr ze geo stub ca Las Caums Corresa ceb Lascaux es Lascaux Corr ze eo Lascaux Corr ze eu Lascaux Corr ze fr Lascaux Corr ze it Lascaux ms Lascaux, Corr ze nl Lascaux gemeente oc Las Caums pms Lascaux pl Lascaux Corr ze pt Lascaux Corr ze ro Lascaux sk Lascaux Corr ze sv Lascaux, Corr ze bug Lascaux, Corr ze uk vi Lascaux, Corr ze vo Lascaux Corr ze war Lascaux, Corr ze ... more details
Orphan date October 2008 The Scene of the Dead Man is a side chamber in the Caves of Lascaux . It pictures a tussle between a bison and human. There is also a fleeing rhinoceros. coord missing France Category Caves of France Scene of the Dead Man France stub You can visit the http www.lascaux.culture.fr Caves of Lascaux s website for a virtual tour of the caves, where The Scene of the Dead Man can be seen. ... more details
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15,000 BC in art involved some significant events. Events Cave paintings were born during this time period. Historians now use these cave paintings as a guide to help them unravel History of the world our civilization s history . Art Paintings created at Lascaux . Births Empty section date July 2010 Deaths Empty section date September 2010 Category Years in art ... more details
Expand list date August 2008 The following article shows a List of caves list of cave s in France Caves Chauvet Cave Font de Gaume Gouffre Berger , the first cave explored to more than 1000m depth Gouffre Geante de Cabrespine , over 1,600,000 m3 , near Carcasonne. Grand Roc , near Les Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil Jean Bernard System , in competition as world s deepest cave Lascaux Lascaux Cave La Mansonni re cave , one of the longest chalk caves Les Combarelles Les Grottes P trifiantes de Savonni res Mirolda Cave , in competition as the world s deepest cave Orgnac Cave Padirac Cave Pierre Saint Martin System Ales Cave Aven Armand Lombrives , the underground network of Lombrives is one of the most extensive in Europe and has seven distinct levels Grottes de Betharram Caves Category Caves of France Category Lists of caves France Category France related lists Caves nl Lijst van grotten in Frankrijk ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Font chevade is a cave in Charente , France which contains Palaeolithic remains. See also Lascaux References Chase, P.G., Debenath, A., Dibble, H.L. and McPherron, S.P. 2009. The Cave of Font chevade Recent Excavations and their Paleoanthropological Implications . New York Cambridge University Press. coord 45.6783 N 0.478889 E source kolossus frwiki display title DEFAULTSORT Fontechevade Category Caves of France Category Archaeological sites in France Category Geography of Charente Charente geo stub fr Grotte de Font chevade oc Bauma de Font Chavada ... more details
The Lascaux cave, located in France, was discovered in 1940 and is believed to date from around 17000 BC. Interpretations The initial interpretations of the art at Lascaux and in other related grottos ... Cave Paintings. Lascaux Cave, Montignac , Dordogne, France Discovered in 1940 and dating from 17,000 BCE, Lascaux contains seven decorated chambers with over 2000 painted images, including the extraordinary ... wild cattle from which its name derives. For details and photos, see Lascaux Cave Paintings. Font de ... to Lascaux in quality featuring some 80 bison, 40 horses and 20 mammoths. Cueva de La Pasiega ... article symbols from the sky . ref Preservation Lascaux, located in France, quickly became a major ... Oct. 2010. ref Links http www.lascaux.culture.fr index.php en 00.xml Lascaux http www.culture.gouv.fr ... more details
Timeline of anthropology , 1940 1949 Events 1940 The oldest known North American mummy , Spirit Cave Man , is excavated. Prehistoric paintings in the Lascaux Lascaux caves are discovered. 1949 The Human Relations Area Files HRAF is founded at Yale University . Publications 1940 Race, Language and Culture, by Franz Boas African Political Systems , ed. by Meyer Fortes and E. E. Evans Pritchard 1944 The People of Alor by Cora Du Bois Configurations of Culture Growth by Alfred Kroeber The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi 1949 The Hero with a Thousand Faces , by Joseph Campbell Les structures l mentaires de la parent The Elementary Structures of Kinship , by Claude L vi Strauss Births 1940 Michael Taussig Bruce Kapferer 1941 H. James Birx Richard Dawkins 1942 Yoram Bilu Ulf Hannerz Meave Leakey 1943 Eduardo Archetti 1944 Richard Leakey Nancy Scheper Hughes 1948 Kirsten Hastrup Ian Hodder Tim Ingold David Kertzer 1949 Stephen Feld Ian Hodder Deaths 1940 James Frazer Alexander Alexandrovich Goldenweiser Alexander Goldenweiser Alfred Cort Haddon Charles Seligman 1941 Carl Vilhelm Hartman Elsie Clews Parsons Benjamin Whorf 1942 Franz Boas Bronislaw Malinowski 1943 Mark N. Cohen Mark Cohen Katsuyoshi Fukui Ale Hrdli ka Donald Johanson 1948 Ruth Benedict History of anthropology DEFAULTSORT 1940 1949 In Anthropology Category Decades in anthropology Category 1940s in science Anthropology Category Anthropology timelines ... more details
orphan date August 2010 Notability date September 2009 Elisabeth Dayn s , born 1960 in B ziers , is a French sculptor. In 1981 she worked with the Th tre de la Salamandre in Lille creating masks for the theatre. In 1984, she founded her own studio, Atelier Dayn s, in Paris. Some years later, the Thot Museum in Montignac, Dordogne Montignac , close to the Lascaux Lascaux caves , asked her to sculpt a life size woolly Mammoth with a group of hominids. She has sinced specialised in reconstructing hominids from remaining bones. Her work is present at museums all over the world, like Mus e des Merveilles in Tende , Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago , Transvaal Museum in Pretoria and Swedish Museum of Natural History Naturhistoriska riksmuseet in Stockholm . ref http www.daynes.com Atelier Daynes internet site ref ref http www.nrm.se download 18.5774ebc811a590cf0748000337 FaktaOmElisabethDaynes.pdf Information leaflet from Naturhistorska riksmuseet ref One of her most notable sculptures is at the Krapina Neaderthal Museum in northern Croatia where she made an outstanding reconstruction of an entire seventeen member Neanderthal family. ref http www.mhz.hr krapina.html Muzej krapinskih neandertalaca ref In 2005 she created a life like model of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in a project with National Geographic magazine National Geographic . A close resemblance with the real Pharaoh is likely, even though traits like ears, nose tip, and colour of skin and eyes cannot be reliably reconstructed. ref http www.sciencedaily.com releases 2005 05 050511133510.htm Science Daily ref References reflist Commons category Elisabeth Daynes Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Daynes, Elisabeth ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Daynes, Elisabeth Category Living people Category 1960 births Category French sculptors Category French women artists Category People from B ziers ca Elisabeth Dayn s es Elis ... more details
Year nav topic4 1963 archaeology science The year 1963 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Excavations Excavation of Eshmun Temple by Maurice Dunand begins continues into 1970s . Excavation of Masada by Yigael Yadin begins continues until 1965 . Publications Kenneth Hudson Industrial Archaeology an introduction . Finds Warrior of Hirschlanden . Hal Ball spots Maya civilization Maya site of Altun Ha from the air. Neolithic site of G bekli Tepe . Ferriby Boats Ferriby Boat 3 Ferriby Boat 3 . Awards Empty section date July 2010 Events April 1 Industrial Monuments Survey for the Ministry of Works United Kingdom Ministry of Public Building and Works Great Britain commenced by Rex Wailes . Lascaux caves closed to the public. Painted c. 15,000 BC 15000 &ndash 13000 BC discovered in 1940. First County Archaeologist appointed in England , B.J.N. Ben Edwards in Lancashire . Births Empty section date July 2010 Deaths June 11 Alfred V. Kidder , United States archaeologist born 1885 in archaeology 1885 . June 23 Frans Blom , Danes Danish Mayanist born 1893 in archaeology 1893 . December 19 Sir Alan Gardiner , English people English Egyptologist born 1879 in archaeology 1879 . Category 1963 in science Archaeology Category 1963 Archaeology Category Years in archaeology no Arkeologi ret 1963 ... more details
The Cave of the Trois Fr res is a cave in southwestern France famous for its cave painting s. It is located in Montesquieu Avant s , in the Ari ge d partement in France d partement . One of these, called The Sorcerer cave art The Sorcerer is as familiar as any art in the more famous cave of Lascaux . The cave also contained two finely modelled bison. The cave is part of a single cave complex with the Tuc d Audoubert , both galleries formed by the Volp River . The cave art appears to date to approximately 13,000 BC. The cave is named for the three sons of Comte B gouen who discovered it in 1914. In French language French trois fr res means three brothers . The drawings of the cave were made famous in the publications of the Abb Henri Breuil . References http donsmaps.com cavepaintings3.html Cave Paintings and Sculptures coord 43 01 56 N 01 12 42 E type landmark source frwiki display title DEFAULTSORT Trois Freres Category Limestone caves Category Caves of France Category Caves containing pictograms in France Category Prehistoric art Category Geography of Ari ge de Drei Br der H hle es Gruta de Trois Fr res fr Grotte des Trois Fr res gl Cova Les Trois Fr res it Trois Fr res hu Les Trois Fr res barlang oc Espeluga deths Tres Hrairs pt Caverna de Les Trois Fr res ru ... more details
This is a list of named geological features on asteroid 243 Ida and its moon, Dactyl moon Dactyl . Ida Regiones Idaean Regio astronomy regiones geologically distinct areas are named after the discoverer of the asteroid, and the places where he worked. class wikitable Regio Named after Palisa Regio Johann Palisa Pola Regio Pula Pola , Croatia Vienna Regio Vienna Dorsa The only named Wrinkle ridge dorsum on Ida is Townsend Dorsum , named after Tim E. Townsend , a member of the Galileo probe imaging team. Craters Idaean Impact crater crater s are named after famous cave s. class wikitable Crater Named after Afon Novy Afon Cave , Abkhazia Atea Atea Cave , Papua New Guinea Azzurra Blue Grotto Azzurra Grotto , Italy Bilemot Bilemot Cave , Korea Castellana Castellana Cave , Italy Choukoutien Choukoutien , China Fingal Fingal s Cave , United Kingdom UK Kartchner Kartchner Caverns , Arizona AZ , USA Kazumura Kazumura Cave , Hawaii HI , USA Lascau Lascaux Lascaux Cave , France Lechuguilla Lechuguilla Cave , New Mexico NM , USA Mammoth Mammoth Cave , Kentucky KY , USA Manjang Manjang Cave , Korea Orgnac Orgnac Cave , France Padirac Padirac Cave , France Peacock Peacock Cave , Florida FL , USA Postojna Postojna Cave , Slovenia Sterkfontein Sterkfontein , South Africa Stiffe Stiffe Cave , Italy Undara Undara Cave , Australia Viento Viento Cave , Spain Dactyl Dactylian Impact crater crater s are named after the mythological Dactyl mythology Dactyls . class wikitable Crater Named after Acmon Acmon Celmis Celmis External links http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov jsp FeatureTypes2.jsp?system Asteroid 20Belt&body Ida&systemID 12&bodyID 51&sort AName&show Fname&show Lat&show Long&show Diam&show Stat&show Orig USGS Ida nomenclature http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov jsp FeatureTypes2.jsp?system Asteroid 20Belt&body Dactyl&systemID 12&bodyID 53&sort AName&show Fname&show Lat&show Long&show Diam&show Stat&show Orig USGS Dactyl nomenclature Category Surface features of bodies of the Solar System ... more details
Year nav topic4 1940 archaeology science class infobox style background color f3f3f3 width 29em align center 1780s in archaeology 1780s sup . sup 1790s in archaeology 1790s in archaeology sup . sup 1800 in archaeology 1800 br align center Other events 1790s sup . sup Archaeology timeline Explorations Empty section date January 2012 Excavations Start of excavations at Tell Uqair by Iraq i Directorate General of Antiquities Seton Lloyd , Taha Baqir and Fuad Safar . Start of excavations at Ahichatra . Excavations at Brahmagiri archaeological site Brahmagiri by M. H. Krishna of the Mysore state Archaeological Department. Publications Gisela Richter Gisela M. A. Richter Handbook of the Etruscan Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art . Finds 12 September Lascaux caves. Painted c. 15,000 BC 13,000 BC . Closed to the public in 1963. After ten year expedition at Tanis, Egypt Tanis , Silver Pharaoh tomb uncovered by Pierre Montet . It is the first intact tomb ever found. Ferriby Boats Ferriby Boat 2 Ferriby Boat 2 discovered by Ted Wright. List of hoards in Ireland Roman hoards Balline Hoard . Awards Empty section date January 2012 Miscellaneous Empty section date January 2012 Births Empty section date January 2012 Deaths Wilhelm D rpfeld , archaeologist of Troy See also List of years in archaeology 1939 in archaeology 1941 in archaeology Category 1940 in science Archaeology Category 1940 Archaeology Category Years in archaeology no Arkeologi ret 1940 ... more details
Infobox French commune name Montignac region Aquitaine department Dordogne arrondissement Sarlat la Can da canton Montignac INSEE 24291 postal code 24290 mayor Laurent Mathieu term 2008&ndash 2014 intercommunality Vall e de la V z re longitude 1.1622 latitude 45.0675 elevation m 77 elevation min m 73 elevation max m 273 area km2 37.15 population 2852 population date 2008 Montignac lang oc Montinhac is a Communes of France commune in the Dordogne Departments of France department in Aquitaine in southwestern France . It is situated on the V z re river. Population Historical populations align left 1962 2809 1968 2949 1975 3081 1982 3135 1990 2938 1999 3030 2008 2852 Sights It has a beautiful old bridge, from which fireworks are launched on holidays such Bastille Day and during the summer festival of world folklore and dance. Its main attraction is the Lascaux Cave. See also Communes of the Dordogne department wikitravel References http www.insee.fr en home home page.asp INSEE reflist commonscat Dordogne communes Category Communes of Dordogne Dordogne geo stub ca Montinhac Dordonya ceb Montignac, Dordogne de Montignac Dordogne es Montignac Dordo a eu Montignac Dordoina fr Montignac Dordogne it Montignac Dordogna mg Montignac, Dordogne ms Montignac, Dordogne nl Montignac Dordogne oc Montinhac Perig rd pms Montignac Dordogne pl Montignac Dordogne pt Montignac Dordonha sk Montignac Dordogne sl Montignac, Dordogne sv Montignac, Dordogne bug Montignac, Dordogne uk vi Montignac, Dordogne vo Montignac Dordogne war Montignac, Dordogne ... more details
Infobox French commune name Sainte Foy de Longas region Aquitaine department Dordogne arrondissement Bergerac canton Sainte Alv re INSEE 24407 postal code 24510 mayor Thierry Lascaux term 2008&ndash 2014 intercommunality Entre Dordogne et Louyre longitude 0.7514 latitude 44.9261 elevation m 134 elevation min m 110 elevation max m 219 area km2 16.18 population 239 population date 2008 Sainte Foy de Longas is a Communes of France commune in the Dordogne departments of France department in Aquitaine in southwestern France . Population Historical populations align left 1962 264 1968 255 1975 241 1982 259 1990 250 1999 249 2008 239 See also Communes of the Dordogne department References http www.insee.fr en home home page.asp INSEE reflist commonscat Dordogne communes DEFAULTSORT Saintefoydelongas Category Communes of Dordogne Dordogne geo stub ca Senta Fe de Long Ga ceb Sainte Foy de Longas es Sainte Foy de Longas eu Sainte Foy de Longas fr Sainte Foy de Longas it Sainte Foy de Longas mg Sainte Foy de Longas ms Sainte Foy de Longas nl Sainte Foy de Longas oc Senta Fe de Long Ga pms Sainte Foy de Longas pl Sainte Foy de Longas pt Sainte Foy de Longas sk Sainte Foy de Longas sv Sainte Foy de Longas bug Sainte Foy de Longas uk vi Sainte Foy de Longas vo Sainte Foy de Longas war Sainte Foy de Longas ... more details
File Leake Street TQ3079 360wp.JPG thumb See also File Leake Street TQ3079 352.JPG this image of an artist at work Deleted image removed File Banksy graffiti removal.jpg thumb right thumb Graffiti depicting graffiti removal by Banksy . Created in May 2008 at Leake Street, painted over by August 2008. Notice the animals resembling cave art from Lascaux or Altamira . Leake Street , also known as the Banksy tunnel , is a road in Lambeth , London . It is about 300 metres long, runs off York Road and under the platforms and tracks of London Waterloo station Waterloo station . The walls are decorated with graffiti initially created during the Cans Festival organised by Banksy in 2008 May 3 to 5. ref http www.urbanenergy.com index.php? Latest leake street breakdown.html The Terran Tribune on the Cans Festival ref A second edition of the Cans Festival on the August Bank Holiday week end 2008. ref http www.london se1.co.uk news view 3465 Cans Festival 2 street artists return to Leake Street ref Whatever the strict legal position may be, the ongoing creation of graffiti is certainly tolerated. Also graffiti is certainly tolerated in Leake Street because there are signs to specify the claim it is a legal wall. ref http www.flickr.com photos zefrog 3536416324 Authorised graffiti area, picture on flickr ref While the Waterloo International railway station Eurostar terminal was at Waterloo, the road was open for through vehicular traffic. On 2008 November 14 ownership of the road passed from Eurostar to Network Rail ref http www.waterlooquarter.org news business news leake street 11 its future The future of Leake Street ref and through traffic was restricted to pedestrians. See also oscoor gbx 530865 179785 http www.flickr.com groups 700003 N25 Cans Festival 08 flickr group for the event http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi england london 7377622.stm Tunnel becomes Banksy art exhibit , BBC News http londonist.com 2009 08 leake street gets a gritting.php Leake Street Gets a Gritting , Londoni ... more details
Claude Combes Born 22 July 1935 in Perpignan is a French biologist and Parasitology Parasitologist . He is a professor of animal biology and director of the Centre de Biologie et cologie Tropicale et M diterran enne at the Universit de Perpignan . He got his Aggregation of Natural Sciences in 1958 and a doctoral degree in 1967. He has received several scientific awards including the French National Centre for Scientific Research CNRS Silver Medal 1986 , Skryabin Medal USSR Academy of Sciences 1991 , Philip Morris Research Prize 1990 . He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences since 1996. Books La Vie, 2002 Ellipses L esprit des sciences Taxonomie, cologie et volution des m tazoaires parasites. Taxonomy, ecology and evolution of metazoan parasites. , 2003 PUP The Art of being a Parasite, 2005 The University of Chicago Press 2003 in French Encyclopedic reference of PARASITOLOGY, 2cnd edition, 38 co authors , 2002 Springer Interactions durables. Ecologie et volution du parasitisme, 1995 Masson Ecologie, 26 L homme et l animal. De Lascaux la vache folle, 1999 Belin Pour la Science Les associations du vivant l art d tre parasite, 2001 Flammarion Parasitism. The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions. 2001 University of Chicago Press External links http books.google.co.il books?id bEtEL2z3hXcC&printsec frontcover&dq Claude Combes&source bl&ots zDQdH1XLw &sig M0XgC5WTPcUB1ZC6TE9xCWqPHjk&hl iw&ei MVI0TZCEOM3IswaJ6KmuCg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 6&ved 0CDMQ6AEwBQ v onepage&q&f false The art of being a parasite by Claude Combes , in Google Books. http dannyreviews.com h Parasite.html A book review by Danny Yee http scienceniche.com physical science scientist and researchers claude combes biologist tropical ecology1935.html short bio Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Combes, Claude ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 22 July 1935 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Combes, Claude Category Mem ... more details
s at Lascaux in southern France, are datable to shortly after this migration. European Palaeolithic ... d partement Lot in Languedoc , dating back to 16,000 BC , Lascaux located near the village of Montignac .... 15,300 Lascaux . 14,500 Middle Magdalenian. B lling Oscillation . 14,100 Cold spell Older Dryas . 14,000 ... lascaux en Lascaux Cave Official Lascaux Web site, from the French Ministry of Culture. http www.jqjacobs.net ... more details
Infobox mineral name Goethite category Oxide minerals boxwidth boxbgcolor image Goethite Angleterre.jpg imagesize caption Goethite, Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Cornwall, England. formula Iron Oxygen Hydroxide molweight strunz 04.FD.10 color Yellowish to reddish to dark brown habit system Orthorhombic 2 m2 m2 m twinning cleavage Perfect 010 fracture Uneven to splintery mohs 5 5.5 luster Adamantine to dull refractive Opaque to sub translucent opticalprop birefringence pleochroism streak Brown, brownish yellow to orange yellow gravity 3.3 4.3 density melt fusibility Fusible at 5 5.5 radioactivity None diagnostic solubility diaphaneity other Becomes magnetic in reducing flame references ref cite book last Hurlbut first Cornelius S. last2 Klein first2 Cornelis year 1985 title Manual of Mineralogy edition 20th location publisher Wiley isbn 0 471 80580 7 ref ref http webmineral.com data Goethite.shtml Webmineral data ref ref name Mindat http www.mindat.org min 1719.html Mindat data with locations ref ref http www.galleries.com minerals oxides goethite goethite.htm Mineral galleries ref File Goethite 182557.jpg thumb upright Unusual specimen of Goethite replacing a gypsum stalactite the center is hollow. From Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua , Mexico. Goethite FeO OH , pronounced IPA en rta t unicode GUR tite named after the Germany German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , is an iron bearing oxide mineral found in soil and other low temperature environments. Goethite has been well known since prehistoric times for its use as a pigment . Evidence has been found of its use in paint pigment samples taken from the Lascaux caves of Lascaux in France . It was first described in 1806 for occurrences in the Hollertszug Mine, Dermbach , Herdorf , Siegerland , Rhineland Palatinate , Germany . ref name Mindat In 2003, nanoparticulate authigenic goethite was shown to be the most common Diagenesis diagenetic iron oxyhydroxide in both marine and lake sediments. ref cite journal first C. ... more details
Image Heinz Henghes 1974.jpg right frame Heinz Henghes in 1974. Heinz Henghes August 20, 1906 December 20, 1975 was a British sculpture sculptor . Born Gustav Heinrich Clusmann in Hamburg Germany , at the age of 17, Henghes ran away from home to go to the United States . In New York City he met a number of artists and writers, and was influenced by Isamu Noguchi . In 1932, after 8 years in America, Henghes traveled to France and lived for a short time in Paris where he met Constantin Br ncu i . In 1933 he went on to Rapallo in Italy where he enjoyed the patronage of Ezra Pound , who helped him by providing materials and space to work. For the next four years Henghes was based in Italy , holding a number of exhibitions and building his reputation as a sculptor. In 1937, following a further interlude in Paris, Henghes moved to England and set up his studio in London . By the time of the outbreak of war he had exhibited in various venues including the Guggenheim Jeune Gallery in Cork Street . Still a German national, Henghes was sent on the notorious ship the HMT Dunera to Australia where he was briefly interned in 1940 at Camp Hay. In 1941 he returned to England and for much of the war did freelance writing on current affairs for the BBC . His talks were broadcast on Radio Newsreel, on the Latin American Service, on the Italian Programme and other services in a variety of languages. One man and group shows increased after the war and, whilst a lecturer in sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London, Henghes participated in the 1951 Festival of Britain . During this period he also broadcast on art and became a naturalised British citizen. In 1953 Henghes moved to the Dordogne region of France where he was drawn by the discovery of Lascaux . In 1964 when he returned to England to take up the post of Head of Fine Art at Winchester School of Art . He retired again to France in 1973. He died in Bordeaux in 1975. Henghes is particularly noted for his finely polished whi ... more details
Infobox French commune name Les Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil region Aquitaine department Dordogne arrondissement Sarlat la Can da canton Saint Cyprien INSEE 24172 postal code 24620 mayor Philippe Lagarde term 2001&ndash 2008 intercommunality Terre de Cro Magnon longitude 1.018 latitude 44.936 elevation m 74 elevation min m 55 elevation max m 245 area km2 37.44 population 835 population date 2008 Les Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil lang oc Las Aisi s de Taiac e Siru lh is a Communes of France commune in the Dordogne Departments of France department in Aquitaine in southwestern France . Les Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil lies in the P rigord Noir area. It is served by the Gare des Eyzies railroad station. This locale is home to the Mus e national de Pr histoire National Museum of Prehistory and the area contains several important archaeological sites, including the Font de Gaume , Grotte du Grand Roc and Lascaux cave prehistoric rock dwellings. Les Eyzies de Tayac was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979. History In March 1868, the geologist Louis Lartet , financed by Henry Christy , discovered the first five skeleton s of Cro Magnon s, the earliest known examples of Homo sapiens sapiens , in the Cro Magnon rock shelter at Les Eyzies de Tayac. These skeletons included a foetus, and the skulls found were remarkably modern looking and much rounder than the earlier Neanderthal . Population Historical populations align left 1962 1091 1968 1004 1975 886 1982 858 1990 853 1999 909 2008 835 See also Font de Gaume Ch teau de Commarque Communes of the Dordogne department Les Combarelles References http www.insee.fr en home home page.asp INSEE reflist External links http www.leseyzies.com Tourist office website http www.musee prehistoire eyzies.fr National Museum of Prehistory French Commons category Les Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil Dordogne communes DEFAULTSORT Eyziesdetayacsireuil Category Communes of Dordogne Category Archaeological sites in France Dordogne geo stub ca Las Eisi s de Taiac ... more details
Infobox River river name V z re image name V z re vieux pont.jpg caption origin Plateau de Millevaches mouth Dordogne River Dordogne br coord 44 52 53 N 0 53 26 E name Dordogne V z re display inline,title basin countries France length 211 km elevation 970 m discharge 50 m s watershed 3,708 km Infobox World Heritage Site WHS Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the V z re Valley Image State Party France Type Cultural Criteria i, iii ID 85 Region List of World Heritage Sites in Europe Europe and North America Year 1979 Session 3rd Link http whc.unesco.org en list 85 The V z re lang oc Vesera is a 211 km long river in southwestern France . It is an important tributary to the Dordogne River . Its source is in the northwestern part of the elevated plateau known as the Massif Central . It flows southwest through the following departments of France d partement s and cities Corr ze P rols sur V z re , Bugeat , Uzerche , Vigeois , Brive la Gaillarde Dordogne Montignac, Dordogne Montignac , Terrasson Lavilledieu , Les Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil , Le Bugue It flows into the Dordogne near Le Bugue . A tributary of the V z re is the Corr ze River . The V z re Valley is famed for its prehistoric cave systems, containing numerous cave paintings and hominid remains. UNESCO collectively designated these a World Heritage Site in 1979. Among the sites with remarkable caves is Lascaux . References http www.geoportail.fr http sandre.eaufrance.fr app chainage courdo htm P 0100.php?cg P 0100 The V z re at the Sandre database External links commons category V z re http whc.unesco.org en list 85 World Heritage profile World Heritage Sites in France DEFAULTSORT Vezere Category Rivers of France Category Dordogne basin Category Geography of Corr ze Category Rivers of Dordogne Category World Heritage Sites in France Category Rivers of Limousin region aquitaine geo stub limousin geo stub br Vesera ca V z re cs V z re cy Afon V z re de V z re es R o V z re eu V z re fr V z re it V z re he ... more details
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