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Good morning in this #FridayPaleoArt!!🖐️😌
Today we visit one of the two only decorated caves of Corrèze in France (along with Moulin de Laguenay)...

Cave: #PuyJarrigeII
Place: Brive, Corrèze (France)
Motif: bison
Chronology: premagdalenian

Puy Jarrige II cave is located in the commune of Brive, in "Les Rebières". More precisely, it is located in a Triassic sandstone, on the right side of the Courolle valley, near the Corrèze river. There is a cave called Puy Jarrige I, but it has only archaeological deposits.

▶️Puy Jarrige II is a small cave barely 10 metres long. Two spaces can be distinguished: a shelter and a diverticulum. Apart from the Palaeolithic engravings, there are medieval remains in some parts of the cave.

❓The cave was already known in 1865 precisely because of the medieval remains. The Palaeolithic engraved representations were discovered in 1976 by J. P. Raynal and B. Malissen. However, the graphic activity became fully known when M. Lorblanchet studied the site.

❗️Puy Jarrige II has different animals in only one panel. All the motifs are engraved and badly eroded, making them difficult to recognise today. There are five representations that include figurative motifs, a sign, and some unconnected traces.

👉At the top of the panel, we can see two horses. One of them uses the curves of a fissure to make the back. Below them, there is a small bison with some details such as the eyes or the ears. At the bottom, there is a lower part of the body of an anthropomorphic figure.

📸Possibly the most interesting representation is the sign. It is an engraved semicircle above the anthropomorphic figure and to the left of one of the horses. It is interesting because M. Lorblanchet has related it to other similar signs found in caves in the same region.

The similarity of the techniques, the feet of the animals without hooves but looking for some perspective, the disproportion or the shape of the sign are the reasons to place this rock-art set in the Gravetian culture.

M. García Bustos (@miguelgarci97)

End of thread!👋😉