Magdalenian

E392537

Magdalenian refers to a late Upper Paleolithic culture in Western Europe, known for its sophisticated cave art, bone and antler tools, and hunter-gatherer lifestyle near the end of the last Ice Age.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Magdalenian canonical 6
Magdalenian culture 2
Magdalenian culture remains 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Upper Paleolithic culture
archaeological culture
artMedium carvings on bone and antler
cave painting
engravings
artStyle naturalistic animal depictions
associatedWith end of the Last Glacial Maximum
hunter-gatherer subsistence
climateContext cold steppe-tundra environments
late Pleistocene
culturalSuccessor Azilian culture
Epipaleolithic cultures in Western Europe
economyType foraging
endTime circa 12,000 BCE
follows Gravettian culture
linked to: Gravettian

Solutrean culture
hasSite Altamira
linked to: Altamira Cave

La Madeleine rock shelter
Lascaux
linked to: Lascaux cave

Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
Niaux
Pech Merle
knownFor barbed points
batons perforés
bone needles
engraved bones
harpoons
portable art
sophisticated cave art
spear throwers
locatedIn Belgium
Britain
linked to: Great Britain

Czech Republic
France
Germany
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Western Europe
mainSubsistence bison hunting
horse hunting
reindeer hunting
namedAfter La Madeleine rock shelter
partOf Upper Paleolithic
linked to: Upper Palaeolithic
populationType anatomically modern humans
startTime circa 17,000 BCE
timePeriod late Upper Paleolithic
usedToolMaterial antler
bone
flint
ivory

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grotte de Niaux hasArtPeriod Magdalenian
Grotte de Pech Merle hasArtCulture Magdalenian
Altamira Cave artPeriod Magdalenian culture
linked to: Magdalenian
Lascaux archaeologicalCulture Magdalenian
subject linked to: Lascaux cave
Vézère Valley knownFor Magdalenian culture remains
linked to: Magdalenian
Grotte de Niaux culturalPeriod Magdalenian
subject linked to: Niaux
Salon Noir culturalPeriod Magdalenian
Pech Merle cave system artCulture Magdalenian culture
linked to: Magdalenian