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Abri Pataud

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Site type:
Shelter
Lat/Long:
44.93, 1.01
Country:
France
Classifications:
Homo neanderthalensis
Cultures:
Aurignacian
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Abri Pataud - Les Eyzies de Tayac - 20090922

Abri Pataud - Les Eyzies de Tayac - 20090922

L'Abri Pataud, or the Pataud Shelter in English, is a prehistoric site found in the middle of the village Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in Dordogne, Aquitaine, southwestern France. The site includes human remains, stone tools, and early cultural artifacts made during the Upper Paleolithic, between approximately 47,000 and 17,000 years ago.

The stratigraphic sequence at the site includes remains from the Upper Paleolithic, particularly from the Aurignacian (47,000 to 27,000 BP), the Gravettian (32,000 to 22,000 BP), and lastly from the Solutrean (22,000 to 17,000 BP). Remains include human bones, tools, and cave paintings.

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Venus of l'Abri PataudCarving

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