L’art pariétal paléolithique de la grotte aux Points d’Aiguèze : définition d’un dispositif pariétal singulier et discussion de ses implications

Abstract

Points cave palaeolithic rock art : discussing its spatial organization and its implications Located in the middle of the Ardèche river gorges (southern France), Points cave contains some rock art attributed to the Upper Palaeolithic, including : series of large dots, animals’ representations, bilobed signs, and an angular sign. An in-depth description and analysis of the rock art and its iconographic and technic characteristics is given here, along with a thorough examination of the structural links that may exist between the different pieces of rock art. Through a discussion of the formal homogeneity vs. diversity of this rock art assemblage, it gives the opportunity to tackle the issues of spatial organization and chronocultural identity. This article concludes to the strong cultural association between palm-dots and bilobed signs and to the presence of a very similar rock art assemblage in some specific sectors of Chauvet cave. Using the concept of “iconographic project” it points out the inner chronocultural consistence of Points cave rock art, but the possible coexistence of, at least, two different iconographic projects in Chauvet cave, eventually leading to question the chronocultural homogeneity of its rock art.

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