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- Title
Lights and shadows on the conservation of a rock art cave: The case of Lascaux Cave.
- Authors
Bastian, Fabiola; Alabouvette, Claude
- Abstract
Lascaux Cave was discovered in 1940. Twenty years after the first microbial contamination signs appeared. In the last forty years the cave suffered different fungal invasions. Here we discuss the past, present and future of the cave and the conservation of its rock art paintings to the light of data obtained using culture-dependent and -independent methods.
- Subjects
FRANCE; ROCK art (Archaeology); MICROBIAL contamination; SPELEOLOGY; LASCAUX Cave (France)
- Publication
International Journal of Speleology, 2009, Vol 38, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
0392-6672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5038/1827-806X.38.1.6