Abri Pataud | |
Alternative name | Pataud Shelter |
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Location | near Eyzies-de-Tayac, |
Region | Dordogne, France |
Coordinates | 44°56′13″N 1°0′45″E / 44.93694°N 1.01250°E |
History | |
Cultures | Magdalenian |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1953, |
Archaeologists | Hallam L. Movius |
L'Abri Pataud, or the Pataud Shelter in English, is a prehistoric site found in the middle of the village Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in Dordogne, Aquitaine, southwestern France. The site includes human remains, stone tools, and early cultural artifacts made during the Upper Paleolithic, between approximately 47,000 and 17,000 years ago.