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Into the Depths: Uncovering the Glories of Cave Art with Charles Higham
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Who were the artists? What did they look like? How did they dress and survive the bitter ice ages?
From the excavation site of Arcy-sur Cure, Charles will allow you to explore the mammoth bone homes and the remarkable burial grounds, before moving to the other cave sites he has been traversed: Lascaux, the Sistine Chapel of cave art (before it was closed to public view), Altamira, Chauvet and Pech-Merle. We will take a look a the venus figurines, the lion man, and the music that echoed over the frozen winter landscape, and reconstruct a long lost world of humans, just like us, who flourished and survived massive climate changes for at least 1,500 generations, among whom many today can count their remote ancestors.
Charles Higham is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is an archaeologist with a particular interest in the origins of Southeast Asian civilizations. His excavations in Thailand and Cambodia have greatly increased our understanding of how the great Kingdom of Angkor began, how God-Kings were revered, and with a climatic deterioration, how it came to an end.
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
Mr. Higham is an expert in cave art beginning with his personal experience as a teenager exploring a major site. He provides a broad overview of what cave art represents and those who drew it. It's amazing what people 40,000 years ago were able to accomplish.
In Dr. Higham’s lecture, he shares his lifelong enthusiasm for prehistoric artworks found at a number of sites in France. We enjoyed our hour with him immensely.
very organized and well researched lecture.
Great program detailing some of the earliest artistic endeavors of our early ancestors. They did a lot more than hunt and gather.
The presentation was outstanding. This man knows his topic and how to present it in an interesting fashion. Images were excellent and he is very up to date on archeological cave discoveries.