The cave of Niaux
The cave of Niaux contains a very rich parietal Art including the majority of the species suitable for the prehistoric Faune of the solid mass of the the Pyrenees. The animals are painted most of the time with a black matter, identified with charcoal or Dioxyde of manganese, sometimes with a red matter obtained starting from the crushing of Hématite.

The principal room, which gathers the animal representations most spectacular is called the “black Living room”. The cave also delivered signs such as points or features of red and black color, either isolated on the walls, or associated with the representations of animals. Paintings of the black Living room containing of the charcoal could be dated by the method of the carbon-14; their age is thus estimated at 13.000 years.
Certain parietal paintings, covered with calcite veils, can be deciphered only using one lighting Ultra-violet. The bestiary represented includes/understands mainly Bison S (54), horses (29), Bouquetin S (15).