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The 15 pages that link to Ochre, each with the reason it gives.

• PigmentBroader topic: It is among the oldest widely used pigments in human art.

• Cave paintingRelated: Its red and yellow forms supplied durable colors for many cave images.

• Paleolithic artRelated: Paleolithic artists used ochre to color images and objects.

• LascauxRelated: Earth pigments supplied some of the colors used in Paleolithic cave art.

• GoethiteRelated: Goethite contributes yellow and brown colors to natural ochres.

• Middle Stone AgeRelated: Ground and engraved ochre at Middle Stone Age sites reveals pigment use beyond toolmaking.

• Blombos CaveNarrower topic: Ochre supplied the raw material for Blombos’s engraved pieces and prepared pigment.

• Paleolithic religionRelated: Ochre occurs in some burials and artifacts, but its presence does not uniquely indicate ritual.

• Prehistoric artRelated: Ochre supplied durable color for painting, body decoration, and marked objects.

• Hormuz IslandBroader topic: Ochre deposits account for some of Hormuz’s vivid colored soil.

• Art of the Upper PaleolithicRelated: Ochre supplied a widely used red and yellow pigment.

• LimoniteNarrower topic: Yellow limonitic earth is one source of the broader ochre pigment tradition.

• Earth pigmentBroader topic: Ochre is the best-known family of iron-rich earth pigments.

• SiennaNarrower topic: Sienna is an iron-rich earth color within the broader family of ochres.

• Gwion Gwion rock paintingsRelated: Mineral pigments, including ochres, are part of the material history investigated at Kimberley rock-art sites.