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Excavated places tagged “gravettian” in France · Mysteria

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Excavated places tagged “gravettian” in France

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🇫🇷 France

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Pech Merle Cave

Gravettian to Solutrean ~29–20 ka BP · Gravettian hunter-gatherer

Quercy cave with Spotted Horses and 307 hand stencils, 25 ka Gravettian masterpiece.

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🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter

Abri du Pape at Brassempouy

Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) · Gravettian / Noailles

Rock shelter at Brassempouy, Landes, famous for Gravettian occupation (29,000–22,000 BP) yielding the Dame de Brassempouy ivory Venus (23,000 BP) and eight other ivory figurines, with rich Gravettian…