Abri de la Madeleine

Coordinates: 44°58′05″N 1°01′44″E / 44.96806°N 1.02889°E / 44.96806; 1.02889
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Abri de la Madeleine
European early modern humans
Site notes
Excavation dates1875
ArchaeologistsÉdouard Lartet, Henry Christy
CriteriaCultural: (i)(iii)
Designated1979 (3rd session)
Part ofPrehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
Reference no.85bis-015
Perforated baton with low relief horse, from the Abri de la Madeleine, British Museum

The archaeological site Abri de la Madeleine (Magdalene Shelter) is a rock shelter under an overhanging cliff situated near Tursac, in the Dordogne département of the Aquitaine région of southwestern France. It represents the type site of the Magdalenian culture of the Upper Paleolithic.[1] The shelter was also occupied during the Middle Ages. The medieval castle of Petit Marsac stands on the top of the cliff just above the shelter.[2]

Excavations

St. Germain-en-Laye and the British Museum
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The

BP according to the National Museum of Prehistory) of exceptional artistic quality, was excavated at the site.[3]

A perforated baton with low relief horse aka. Baton fragment (Palart 310), was excavated at the site.

An engraved bone rod from the cave depicts, according to Timothy Taylor (1996), a lioness licking the opening of either a gigantic human penis or a vulva.[4]

Conservation

The Abri de la Madeleine is classified as a Monument historique since 1956.[5]

In 1979, the Abri de la Madeleine was inscribed on the

World Heritage List as part of the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley because of its unique paleolithic artwork and archeological importance.[6]

Gallery

References

  1. ^ Brian M. Fagan. "History of Archaeology Before 1900". Oxfordreference. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "What is prehistoric art?". online art center. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Collections", National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil (in French)
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  5. ^ Base Mérimée: Abri de la Madeleine, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).
  6. ^ "Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

Further reading

  • Laming-Emperaire, Annette. Origines de l'archéologie préhistorique en France, 1964.

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