The Mäanderhöhle. Analyses of palaeolithic cave art in Bavaria

Blumenröther J, Bosinski G, Gebelein D, Irlinger W, Lenssen-Erz T, Maier A, Niggemann S, Pastoors A, Sommer CS, Steguweit L, Uthmeier T, Winterstein G (2015)

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2015

Publisher: Instituto Terra e Memória

Edited Volumes: Symbols in the landscape. Rock art and its context

City/Town: Tomar

Pages Range: 668-670

Abstract

In 2011, the Mäanderhöhle in Franconia has become famous for supposedly housing the so far only evidence of Palaeolithic parietal art in caves in Germany. Lines on Cave Clouds (i.e. a special form of sinters) have been interpreted as representations of female figures of the Gönnersdorf type. Here, we present the result of a research campaign conducted between 2013 and 2014. Using photographical documentation, 3D-models of the lines, macroscopic and low power microscopic analysis, scratch experiments and iconographic comparisons, an anthropogenic origin of the lines can be excluded.

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Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (BLfD) Germany (DE) Universität zu Köln Germany (DE)

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APA:

Blumenröther, J., Bosinski, G., Gebelein, D., Irlinger, W., Lenssen-Erz, T., Maier, A.,... Winterstein, G. (2015). The Mäanderhöhle. Analyses of palaeolithic cave art in Bavaria. In Giraldo H C, García Arranz J J (Eds.), Symbols in the landscape. Rock art and its context. (pp. 668-670). Tomar: Instituto Terra e Memória.

MLA:

Blumenröther, Julia, et al. "The Mäanderhöhle. Analyses of palaeolithic cave art in Bavaria." Symbols in the landscape. Rock art and its context. Ed. Giraldo H C, García Arranz J J, Tomar: Instituto Terra e Memória, 2015. 668-670.

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