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The prestigious French prehistorian, Jean Clottes, one of the leading experts in Paleolithic cave art, taught in Yecla, Saturday April 13, the conference "The Chauvet cave. Shamans in Prehistory," which closes the cycle conferences organized by the Department of Culture, to commemorate the centennial of the discovery of the cave paintings of Visor Edge on Mount Arabi.
The event will take place at 19 pm and has moved to Municipal Auditorium, to the expectation created and for the convenience of attendees.
In the first part of the act shall be the presentation of the n ° 19 of the Journal of Studies yeclanos "Yakka" a monograph dedicated to the centenary of the discovery of this rock art station, considered World Heritage by UNESCO
Professor Jean Clottes has a deserved international scientific prestige.
His work on the spectacular Cahuvet cave, where they appeared in 1994 with cave paintings dating back 30,000 to 32,000 years, the oldest in Europe, led him to the conclusion that much of the prehistoric art occurred in a context of shamanic practices, which caused considerable controversy within the scientific community.
Since 1971, he was appointed Director of Prehistoric Antiquities of the Midi-Pyrenees, in his long career has been, among other charges, Inspector General of Archaeology, Ministry of Culture of France, Conservative Heritage General and President of the International Rock Art of UNESCO.
To date he has written over 300 scientific papers and has edited, co-edited, written or co-written a total of more than 20 books.
Highlights among them "The Most Beautiful Man: how the earth was made human" (1999), "The shamans in Prehistory" (2001) and with Daniel Lewis-Williams "explained youth Prehistory" (2008) .
Professor Clottes has taught at the University of Touloose and the University of California at Berkeley, lectured widely around the world.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla
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