Talk:Cave of Altamira

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Human faces[edit]

The phrase "It also includes some sculptures of human faces that are not visitable in the real cave.[6]" is not containing the correct reference. In fact, as far as I see, [6] says nothing about human faces. I have just been there and seen no such faces. Can anyone with a better background than I have improve (possibly delete) this statemant and its reference? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.24.33.211 (talk) 19:20, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Chronology[edit]

What on earth is meant HERE by years "ago". Why not unambiguously "BC"?. Moreover, the chronologies differ from one wiki to the other!

Wait till you get a load of the even more puzzling "BP" (calibrated to 1950-01-01). Nevertheless, these are acceptable and even preferred formats, on Wikipedia and elsewhere (see WP:ERA). Consistency is preferred within an article, but I think even then editors may defer to source style since it can be tricky to accurately convert from one format to another. Also, indiscriminate changing from one style to another is discouraged. Richigi (talk) 06:28, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Replica in Germany[edit]

I read somewhere that the MAN replica was built by German technicians that had already built another for some German university. --Error 23:40, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Correct: For the "Deutsches Museum" at Munich. 195.4.207.186 (talk) 06:12, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replica in Japan[edit]

Where is the replica in Japan? AxelBoldt 17:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed text re: painters[edit]

Removed the following text: "Several painters were influenced by the Altamira cave paintings. Picasso is often quoted as having declared "after Altamira, all is decadence"; however, no source exists for this quote and there is no record of his ever visiting Altamira or any prehistoric cave.^[1]"

The first sentence is unsupported. The reference for the second, Picasso-related sentence is an article specifically written to debunk same. Since it's debunked, I found its inclusion in the article confusing. Richigi (talk) 05:57, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.euskomedia.org/PDFAnlt/munibe/aa/200503217223.pdf

clean up[edit]

Hi! SuggestBot got me here. I neutralized a bit - removed the Sistine Chapel quote, which i did just recently at the Lascaux article. It struck me again during my research tour, when i created the Deer Cave article about a month ago. Such slogans don't serve WP.Wikirictor (talk) 00:24, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Latest absurdities[edit]

Hi! Haven't been here in a while. I found this in the lede: ...It is of the out most importance to state that the cave of Altamira was painted by the Basque People, who inhabited the whole area of the Bay of Biscay during more than 14 millennia... I am going to remove it.All the best Wikirictor 19:54, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Alcohol[edit]

These two sentences require clarification, though I assume that the reference is to the use of alcohol as a solvent for pigment rather than as a recreational drug: "Alcohol was not available at the time as far as we know. Still, it remains unexplained how the paintings in Altamira cave remained unaltered being wet." 850 C (talk) 19:19, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's unreferenced, & I've just removed it. There are plenty of other solvents. Do we know the roof was often wet? Johnbod (talk) 02:28, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pathetic[edit]

Very likely the thing most readers want to know is how old these artworks are. They want to be told this in simple language that doesn’t require a degree in paleontology to understand. The article can’t seem to do this for some reason I don’t grasp. Instead more than half of the article is devoid to rubbishy trivia about which rock groups mentioned the caves in a song lyric or which brain-dead tv show refers to them in passing. TheScotch (talk) 06:30, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.euskomedia.org/PDFAnlt/munibe/aa/200503217223.pdf

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