Cave of Aurignac

The cave of Aurignac is a Grotte Paléolithique superior located on the commune of Aurignac, department of the Haute-Garonne, in area the Midday-Pyrenees (France).

History

The cave was discovered in 1852 per Jean-Baptiste Bonnemaison and was studied starting from 1860 share Edouard Lartet, one of the inventors of prehistoric science . Site éponyme of the Aurignacien, this cave is of a great richness Archéologique in particular with regard to the vestiges aurignacians.

The cave

The cave was occupied at three different periods:

first human occupation in Aurignacien;
occupation by the wild Fauna;
new human use as place of Burial to the Chalcolithique.

Many objects resulting from the cave are exposed to the Musée of the Prehistory of Aurignac.

External bonds

Cave of Aurignac
Cave of Aurignac discovered

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