Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context

Paul Pettitt is Lecturer in Human Origins, University of Sheffield.
Paul Bahn is an independent researcher.

Sergio Ripoll is Lecturer in Archaeology at the Spanish Open University (UNED) in Madrid.

A comprehensive and fully illustrated study, by an international team of experts, of the first British examples of cave art, discovered at Creswell Crags on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border in 2003. This important discovery is contextualized by comparative, up-to-date studies of European cave art, from Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy.

1. Prologue; 2. The historical background to the discovery of cave art at Creswell Crags; 3. The Palaeolithic rock art of Creswell Crags: prelude to a systematic study; 4. Verification of the age of the Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags; 5. 3D laser scanning at Church Hole, Creswell Crags; 6. Zoological perspectives on the Late Glacial; 7. Cave archaeology and palaeontology in the Creswell region; 8. The Stone Age archaeology of Church Hole, Creswell Crags; 9. Cultural context and form of some of the Creswell images: an interpretative model; 10. The engravings of Gouy: France's northernmost decorated cave; 11. Palaeolithic art in isolation: the case of Sicily and Sardinia; 12. The horse in the Palaeolithic parietal art of the Quercy: outline of a stylistic study; 13. A topographical approach to parietal figures: the monumental sculptures of the Roc-aux-Sorciers (Vienne, France); 14. Dating Magdalenian art in North Spain: the current situation; 15. Rock art and the Coa Valley Archaeological Park: a case study in the preservation of Portugal's prehistoric rupestral heritage; 16. Rewriting the history books: the Magdalenian art of Creswell Crags