Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Vast deposit in the Vézère valley excavated over nearly 200 m in length, occupied from the Gravettian to the Magdalenian.
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Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Vast deposit in the Vézère valley excavated over nearly 200 m in length, occupied from the Gravettian to the Magdalenian.
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Length: 200 m
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Vast deposit in the Vézère valley excavated over nearly 200 m in length, occupied from the Gravettian to the Magdalenian.
Description
Morphology
This very vast deposit extends over nearly 200 m in length. The site is one of the largest in the Vézère valley. Recent excavations have yielded lithic material as far as the banks of the Vézère, revealing a habitation area extending over more than 1,000 square meters, from the shelter to the river.
Other details
The excavations have uncovered numerous bone and flint tools. The archaeological levels reveal a very abundant lithic tool assemblage, an elaborate bone industry, as well as portable art objects or engraved blocks, mainly in the upper layer.
History
The shelter has yielded traces of occupation from the Gravettian, the Solutrean and the Magdalenian, a period spanning between 24,000 and 15,000 years BP.
Source: Wikipedia article "Laugerie-Haute" in its version of 30 August 2015: https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laugerie-Haute&oldid=118196887
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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23296 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Description sommaire) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23296 · data as of 2026