Émile Cartailhac, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Émile Cartailhac

French historian

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1845

Place of Birth: Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 26-Nov-1921

Profession: historian, curator, archaeologist, anthropologist, speleologist, prehistorian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Émile Cartailhac

  • Émile Cartailhac (15 February 1845 – 26 November 1921) was a French prehistorian, one of the founding fathers of the studies of the cave art.
  • He is perhaps best remembered because of his involvement with the Altamira paintings. Cartailhac was born in Marseille.
  • He became interested in prehistory (studies of which were then just beginning) at a very young age.
  • He made excavations around the dolmens in Aveyron, and also in Portugal, Iceland and the Balearic Islands.
  • In 1867 he was the supervisor of the prehistory section at a world's fair in Paris.
  • Two years later, he became the chief editor of the revue Matériaux pour l'histoire naturelle et primitive de l'homme founded by Gabriel de Mortillet.
  • This position he held until 1887.
  • From 1882 he taught at the university in Toulouse and in 1897 he was elected a curator of Académie des Jeux floraux.
  • After changing his opinion about Altamira, he became one of the founders of the studies of the cave art and one of the scientists (together with e.
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  • Henri Breuil) who recognised its importance.
  • With Breuil he made the initial survey of the Caves of Gargas at Aventignan in the Pyrenees, and where Félix Régnault discovered Gravettian cave art in 1906.
  • He was (together with Breuill and Marcellin Boule) one of the founders of Institut de paléontologie humaine in Paris (following a generous donation from Albert I).

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