Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North
Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North North Annex · Chauvet Site
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)·Multi-period rock art·🇫🇷 Ardèche, Chauvet Annex, France
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About Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North
Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North in Ardèche, Chauvet Annex, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal panel 12 m long × 3 m high and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 43.9500N 4.5020E controls access to Ardèche resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey rock art for Ardèche, Chauvet Annex, illustrating Multi-period rock art construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Meaning of iconographic motifs
- 02Dating of superimposed phases
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
- Period
- Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Multi-period rock art
- Purpose
- Rock art sanctuary and ritual landscape with petroglyphs/pictographs
- Rediscovered
- 1966 survey
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North main structure
c. 1946
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1961–2006
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
43.9500° N · 4.5020° E · 402 m · 4 mapped features
Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North — Main Structure
panelPrincipal rock art — Panel 12 m long × 3 m high with diagnostic masonry/panel
43.9508° N · 4.5029° EChauvet Lion Panel Annex North — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
43.9490° N · 4.5013° EChauvet Lion Panel Annex North — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with petroglyph panel extension
43.9515° N · 4.5032° EChauvet Lion Panel Annex North — Hydraulic/Cistern
hydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site
43.9484° N · 4.5009° E