The analysis of paintings and engravings on the walls of Upper Palaeolithic caves generally focuses on the images themselves, their technical or stylistic characteristics, graphical and spatial composition, and, to a lesser extent, radiometric dating. More recent studies of cave art have reinforced new interdisciplinary perspectives that address the archaeology, karstology and geomorphology of the site. This latter aspect helps place the representations in the long-term geo-morphological history of the cave itself, and thus sheds new light on its human occupation. At the Grotte du Mammouth (Domme, Dordogne, France), we developed an innovative approach to cave art that incorporates a geological and geomorphological analysis of the decorated walls combined with new mapping and digital recording techniques to produce a detailed “identity card” of the site's features.

对上旧石器时代洞穴壁上的绘画和版画的分析通常集中在图像本身，其技术或风格特征，图形和空间组成以及较小程度上的辐射测年。最近对洞穴艺术的研究加强了新的跨学科观点，涉及该遗址的考古学，岩溶学和地貌学。后一个方面有助于将表示形式放置在洞穴本身的长期地貌历史中，从而为洞穴的人类居住提供了新的思路。在Grotte du Mammouth（法国多尔多涅省Domme），