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

Authors:
  • HVHélène Valladas
    Hélène Valladas
  • NTNadine Tisnérat-Laborde
    Nadine Tisnérat-Laborde
  • HCHélène Cacher
    Hélène Cacher
  • ÉKÉvelyne Kaltnecker
    Évelyne Kaltnecker
  • MAMaurice Arnold
    Maurice Arnold
  • COChristine Oberlin
    Christine Oberlin
  • JEJacques Evin
    Jacques Evin
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Abstract
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).