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The prehistoric site of La Micoque is located in the commune of Les Eyzies, the former commune of Eyzies-de-Tayac in the Dordogne. It has yielded numerous lithic remains from the Lower Palaeolithic. It is the eponymous site of the Micoquian and also characterized the Tayacien.

Excavations at the beginning of the 20th century at the site of La Micoque, with those of Moustier, Combe Capelle and Laugerie Haute, not only revealed industries still unknown but also the contemporaneity of cultures that until then were believed to have been succeeded.

It is one of the fifteen "prehistoric sites and decorated caves of the Vézère Valley" listed as World Heritage by UNESCO since 1979.