Abri de la Madeleine
European early modern humans | |
Site notes | |
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Excavation dates | 1875 |
Archaeologists | Édouard Lartet, Henry Christy |
Criteria | Cultural: (i)(iii) |
Designated | 1979 (3rd session) |
Part of | Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley |
Reference no. | 85bis-015 |
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
The
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
Gallery
References
- ^ Brian M. Fagan. "History of Archaeology Before 1900". Oxfordreference. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "What is prehistoric art?". online art center. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Collections", National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil (in French)
- ISBN 978-1557534125.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Abri de la Madeleine, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).
- ^ "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.