WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cave′ art′,
- Archaeologypaintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters, esp. naturalistic depictions of animals, produced by Upper Paleolithic peoples of western Europe between about 28,000 and 10,000 years ago.
- 1920–25
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