Magdalenian

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Magdalenian refers to a late Upper Paleolithic culture in Western Europe, known for its sophisticated cave art, bone and antler tools, and hunter-gatherer lifestyle near the end of the last Ice Age.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Magdalenian canonical 6
Magdalenian culture 2
Magdalenian culture remains 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Upper Paleolithic culture
archaeological culture
artMedium carvings on bone and antler
cave painting
engravings
artStyle naturalistic animal depictions
associatedWith end of the Last Glacial Maximum
hunter-gatherer subsistence
climateContext cold steppe-tundra environments
late Pleistocene
culturalSuccessor Azilian culture
Epipaleolithic cultures in Western Europe
economyType foraging
endTime circa 12,000 BCE
follows Gravettian
surface form: Gravettian culture

Solutrean archaeological culture
surface form: Solutrean culture
hasSite Altamira Cave
surface form: Altamira

La Madeleine rock shelter
Lascaux cave
surface form: Lascaux

Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
surface form: Les Eyzies-de-Tayac

Niaux
Pech Merle (regional context often distinguished)
surface form: Pech Merle
knownFor barbed points
batons perforés
bone needles
engraved bones
harpoons
portable art
sophisticated cave art
spear throwers
locatedIn Belgium
Great Britain
surface form: Britain

Czech Republic
France
Germany
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Western Europe
mainSubsistence bison hunting
horse hunting
reindeer hunting
namedAfter La Madeleine rock shelter
partOf Upper Palaeolithic
surface form: Upper Paleolithic
populationType anatomically modern humans
startTime circa 17,000 BCE
timePeriod late Upper Paleolithic
usedToolMaterial antler
bone
flint
ivory

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grotte de Niaux hasArtPeriod Magdalenian
Grotte de Pech Merle hasArtCulture Magdalenian
Altamira Cave artPeriod Magdalenian
this entity surface form: Magdalenian culture
Lascaux cave archaeologicalCulture Magdalenian
subject surface form: Lascaux
Vézère Valley knownFor Magdalenian
this entity surface form: Magdalenian culture remains
Niaux culturalPeriod Magdalenian
subject surface form: Grotte de Niaux
Salon Noir culturalPeriod Magdalenian
Pech Merle cave system artCulture Magdalenian
this entity surface form: Magdalenian culture