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Altamira Cave at Risk (3 of 3)

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Altamira Cave at Risk (3 of 3)

image: The Polychrome Hall ceiling. This image shows an overview of the best preserved area of the Polychrome Chamber. At the end are members of the research team and micro-environmental monitoring station. This section of the painted ceiling shows several bison. This image relates to a Policy Forum that appeared in the Oct. 07, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The Policy Forum, by Dr. C. Saiz-Jimenez of IRNAS-CSIC in Sevilla, Spain, and colleagues, was titled, “Paleolithic Art in Peril: Policy and Science Collide at Altamira Cave.” view more 

Credit: [Image © MNCN-CSIS, Spain]


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