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Anthropology

 
New York University

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More photos.....

The site of Abri Castanet:
On the right are recent excavations.
Peyrony's 1911-1912 excavations
are in the overgrown area at the left

Professor White experimentally peircing a
mountain lion tooth with a flint tool


The 18th century farm of La Valade at Sireuil in the
Dorogne. La Valade serves as the headquarters
for the Abri Castanet excavations

The pierced mountain lion tool


Perforated bear molar from Abri Castanet


La femme a la corne, a 25,000 year-old
bas-relief sculpture from the Abri de Laussel
in the Dordogne (H:43cm)

La dame a la capuche, a 25,00 year-old
ivory statuette from Brassempouy in the
Landes region of SW France (H:3.6cm)




Abri Castanet and adjacent Paleolithic sites in the
Vallon de Castel-Merle, Sergeac, France:
1) Abri des Merveilles, 2) Abri Blanchard II,
3) Abri Sous-le-Roc, 4) Abri Blanchard I,
5) Abri Castanet, old sector, 6) Abri Castanet, new sector,
7) Abri Reverdit, 8) Abri du Roc d’Acier,
9) Abri Labattut, 10) La Souquette