Salon Noir

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Salon Noir is the principal decorated chamber of the Niaux Cave in France, renowned for its prehistoric Paleolithic cave paintings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf decorated cave chamber
prehistoric art site
access guided visits only
approximateAge about 13,000 to 14,000 years old
artTechnique black pigment painting
charcoal drawing
engraving on cave walls
chronologicalRange Late Upper Paleolithic
conservationStatus restricted public access for preservation
continent Europe
country France
culturalPeriod Magdalenian
Upper Palaeolithic
surface form: Upper Paleolithic
discoveredIn 19th century
environment limestone cave chamber
features animal figures
bison depictions
geometric signs
horses depictions
ibex depictions
hasArtForm engravings
parietal painting
hasLanguageOfName French
heritageStatus part of Niaux Cave prehistoric heritage site
knownFor Paleolithic cave paintings
prehistoric parietal art
locatedIn Ariège department
France
Niaux
Occitanie
surface form: Occitanie region
materialUsed charcoal
mineral pigments
orientation large central chamber within Niaux Cave system
partOf Niaux Cave
relatedTo Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
surface form: Franco-Cantabrian cave art tradition

prehistoric archaeology of the Pyrenees
researchField Paleolithic archaeology
prehistoric art studies
significance major site of European Paleolithic cave art
principal decorated chamber of Niaux Cave
tourismType cultural tourism site
translationOfName Salon Noir self-linksurface differs
surface form: Black Salon

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this entity surface form: Black Salon