Lerga Rock Art Levantine Deer Panel 8
Lerga Rock Art Levantine Deer Panel 8 North Annex · Lerga Site
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)·Multi-period rock art·🇫🇷 Provence, Lerga, France
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About Lerga Rock Art Levantine Deer Panel 8
Lerga Rock Art Levantine Deer Panel 8 in Provence, Lerga, 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 43.8200N 3.4500E controls access to Provence 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 Provence, Lerga, 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
- 1960 survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Lerga Rock Art Levantine Deer Panel 8 main structure
c. 1900
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1960–2005
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Lerga Rock Art Levantine Deer Panel 8) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
43.8200° N · 3.4500° E · 80 m · 4 mapped features
Lerga Rock Art Levantine Deer Panel 8 — Main Structure
panelPrincipal rock art — Panel 12 m long × 3 m high with diagnostic masonry/panel
43.8208° N · 3.4509° ELerga Rock Art Levantine Deer Panel 8 — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
43.8190° N · 3.4493° ELerga Rock Art Levantine Deer Panel 8 — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with petroglyph panel extension
43.8215° N · 3.4512° ELerga Rock Art Levantine Deer Panel 8 — Hydraulic/Cistern
hydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site
43.8184° N · 3.4489° E