Caves are among the most visited geological features in the world, attracting over 70 million
people every year in more than 1,200 caves worldwide, and amounting up to 800 million …

Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) was born in the late 1970s, when it was realized at
nuclear physics laboratories that the accelerator systems can be used as a sensitive mass …

Abstract and depictive representations produced by drawing—known from Europe, Africa
and Southeast Asia after 40,000 years ago—are a prime indicator of modern cognition and …

Radiocarbon dates for the ancient drawings in the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc Cave revealed ages
much older than expected. These early ages and nature of this Paleolithic art make this …

This manuscript seeks to facilitate meta-analysis of cross-disciplinary ochre studies by
advocating for a common vocabulary and clarifying the definition of “ochre” as used by …

Existing methods of cave survey are time consuming and require significantly more time
than naturally moving through the cave. The efficiency of these methods, even in the case of …

Abstract The Magdalenian (∼ 23.5–∼ 13.5 kBP) is one of the two major technocomplexes
identified in Europe during the late Upper Palaeolithic and is notable for its complex worked …

Rock art dating has been one of the major challenges since its discovery and recognition.
The methods have evolved through the last century, beginning with the study of …

In the last 150 years, some prehistoric painted caves suffered irreversible degradations due
to misperception of conservation issues and subsequent mismanagement. These sites …

In recent years, as in other spheres of activity, new technologies have gradually entered
different phases of geoheritage management. The EDYTEM laboratory has led a technology …