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Researchers suggest that trippy hallucinations influenced prehistoric cave art

Bison depicted at the Altamira cave in northern Spain Thom Quine The evocative Upper Paleolithic art (dating from roughly 44,000 to 12,000BC) found in caves in France and Spain has long intrigued art historical and scientific researchers. But one facet has stumped many scholars: Why are so many of these paintings found in remote, narrow, hard-to-reach halls or passages that cannot be navigated without artificial light? A team of Israeli researchers suggests the answer: the torches used by the artists in such enclosed spaces triggered hypoxia, a state resulting from a reduced oxygen concentration that can stimulate dreams and hallucinations. By seeking out these tight spaces, the scientists suggest, the artists were aiming to achieve an altered state of consciousness that would put them in touch with the cosmos and inspire their imaginations.

Israeli archaeologists crack mystery of cave paintings done in the dark

Israeli archaeologists crack mystery of cave paintings done in the dark
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New Thoughts on Europe s Cave Paintings - Archaeology Magazine

New Thoughts on Europe’s Cave Paintings TEL AVIV, ISRAEL Haaretzreports that Yafit Kedar and Ran Barkai of Tel Aviv University suggest that Europe’s Paleolithic artists may have experienced hypoxia, or lack of oxygen, while painting by torchlight in remote areas of caves. The researchers simulated deep caves entered through narrow mouths and long corridors with software created to plan ventilation for underground parking lots. They found that use of fire deep in a cave would have caused a significant drop in oxygen levels. The dark cave spaces may have been chosen, the researchers explained, because this lack of oxygen produced euphoric, transformative experiences, and perhaps even hallucinations, making them sacred spaces. The caves were thus painted, Kedar and Barkai explain, to reflect their significance. The rock face itself may have been understood as a connection to another world. To read about ritual imagery painted deep in the caves of the American South, go to

Ancient Cave Artists May Have Knowingly Deprived Themselves of Oxygen to Paint

Ancient Cave Artists May Have Knowingly Deprived Themselves of Oxygen to Paint 9 APRIL 2021 Some of the oldest human art in Europe is entirely hidden from sight, tucked away in the narrow crawl spaces of deep, dark, and winding caves. To even see the walls, let alone decorate them, stone age artists would have needed to crawl around with several torches, and archaeologists now suspect all that smoke induced an altered state of consciousness.    Hallucinatory plants have been connected to the otherworldly nature of cave art before, but this new hypothesis suggests ancient humans were consciously chasing a similar transformative experience in the depths of the underworld, long before they began using other psychoactive substances.

Israeli study: Prehistoric cave painters may have been hallucinating

Israeli study: Prehistoric cave painters may have been hallucinating
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