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Paleolithic "fireside" art may have been engraved on stone plaquettes near hearths to appear to move and flicker in the firelight

04.20.22 | PLOS

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Photograph showing ambient light levels and the position of replica plaquettes in relation to the fire.
Photograph showing ambient light levels and the position of replica plaquettes in relation to the fire during experiment E. Credit: Needham et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Paleolithic "fireside" art may have been engraved on stone plaquettes near hearths to appear to move and flicker in the firelight

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0266146

Article Title: Art by firelight? Using experimental and digital techniques to explore Magdalenian engraved plaquette use at Montastruc (France)

Author Countries: U.K.

Funding: A.N. Arts and Humanities Block Grant (1251018). https://ahrc.ukri.org/ . A.N. British Academy British Academy Early Career Research Grant (PF19\100082). https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/ . I.W. Northern Bridge Block Grant. http://www.northernbridge.ac.uk/ . The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0266146

Art by firelight? Using experimental and digital techniques to explore Magdalenian engraved plaquette use at Montastruc (France)

20-Apr-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Additional Media

A virtual reality simulation showing what a Palaeolithic plaquette looks like under the flickering light of a fire. Several horses are engraved on this plaquette, and as the firelight moves different horses are illuminated, giving a sense of dynamism to the art. Credit: Izzy Wisher, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Keywords

Anthropology Archeological Sites Archeology Experimental Archeology

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0266146
Article Publication Date
2022-04-20
Article Title
Art by firelight? Using experimental and digital techniques to explore Magdalenian engraved plaquette use at Montastruc (France)
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, April 20). Paleolithic "fireside" art may have been engraved on stone plaquettes near hearths to appear to move and flicker in the firelight. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/86ZJ2JR8/paleolithic-fireside-art-may-have-been-engraved-on-stone-plaquettes-near-hearths-to-appear-to-move-and-flicker-in-the-firelight.html
MLA:
"Paleolithic "fireside" art may have been engraved on stone plaquettes near hearths to appear to move and flicker in the firelight." Brightsurf News, Apr. 20 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/86ZJ2JR8/paleolithic-fireside-art-may-have-been-engraved-on-stone-plaquettes-near-hearths-to-appear-to-move-and-flicker-in-the-firelight.html.