Ancient Cave Paintings in Romania's Coliboaia Cave

 
Cave painting in Romania
 
Location
 
Coliboaia Cave i
s located in 
Apuseni
Natural Park
Câmpani
Bihor
County
Romania
.
It contains the oldest known 
cave
paintings
 of 
Central Europe
 
Romania's Coliboaia Cave
 
The Coliboaia Cave was first
mentioned in literature
before 1900, but only in
1981 was it extensively
investigated by the late
Gabor Halasi. The cave was
not widely known until
September 2009, when
prehistoric parietal cave
paintings were discovered.
It was quickly put under
protection by the Romanian
Federation of Speleology.
 
Situated on a western slope
of the Sigheştel Valley, the
cave sits at an altitude of
560 m (1,840 ft). It has a
medium-sized entrance and
a portal that is oriented
from east to west. To access
the so-called Art Gallery,
cave divers must pass a
great chamber, natural lake,
and main gallery. The Art
Gallery itself is seven
meters above ground.
 
The age of the pictures is
being debated.
Archaeologists’ estimates vary
from the Early to the Middle
Upper Paleolithic, in between
29,000 and 23,000 years
ago,
[
dubious
 – 
discuss
]
 which
corresponds to
the 
Aurignacian
 culture
(35,000 to 29,000 years ago)
and the 
Gravettian
 culture
(29,000 to 22,000 years ago).
However, the fact that cave
bears and rhinos were scarce
during those two time
periods, makes this dating
controversial.
[
dubious
 –
 
discuss
]
 Furthermore, the
drawings do not appear to be
completely uniform. This
suggests they were not all
done at the same time.
 
Drawings
 
The drawings in the Art
Gallery are
representations of
animals, done in black and
likely with charcoal. Some
of the animals depicted
include 
bison
bears
,
and 
rhinoceros
, while the
subject of other drawings
remains unknown. The
images are on both walls
of the cave and do not
appear to have any type of
symmetrical pattern.
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Located in Coliboaia Cave within Apuseni Natural Park, Romania, the oldest known cave paintings in Central Europe are a subject of archaeological debate. The site, discovered in 2009, features depictions of bison, bears, and rhinoceros, speculated to be from the Early to Middle Upper Paleolithic era. The drawings, done in charcoal, lack uniformity, hinting at multiple creation periods.


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  1. Cave painting in Romania

  2. Location Coliboaia Cave is located in Apuseni Natural Park, C mpani, Bihor County, Romania. It contains the oldest known cave paintings of Central Europe

  3. Romania's Coliboaia Cave The Coliboaia Cave was first mentioned in literature before 1900, but only in 1981 was it extensively investigated by the late Gabor Halasi. The cave was not widely known until September 2009, when prehistoric parietal cave paintings were discovered. It was quickly put under protection by the Romanian Federation of Speleology.

  4. Situated on a western slope of the Sighe tel Valley, the cave sits at an altitude of 560 m (1,840 ft). It has a medium-sized entrance and a portal that is oriented from east to west. To access the so-called Art Gallery, cave divers must pass a great chamber, natural lake, and main gallery. The Art Gallery itself is seven meters above ground.

  5. The age of the pictures is being debated. Archaeologists estimates vary from the Early to the Middle Upper Paleolithic, in between 29,000 and 23,000 years ago,[dubious discuss]which corresponds to the Aurignacian culture (35,000 to 29,000 years ago) and the Gravettian culture (29,000 to 22,000 years ago). However, the fact that cave bears and rhinos were scarce during those two time periods, makes this dating controversial.[dubious discuss]Furthermore, the drawings do not appear to be completely uniform. This suggests they were not all done at the same time.

  6. Drawings The drawings in the Art Gallery are representations of animals, done in black and likely with charcoal. Some of the animals depicted include bison, bears, and rhinoceros, while the subject of other drawings remains unknown. The images are on both walls of the cave and do not appear to have any type of symmetrical pattern.

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