Abri de la Madeleine

Abri de la Madeleine
La Madeleine cave, France
La Madeleine rock shelter
location in Aquitaine and France
location in Aquitaine and France
La Madeleine rock shelter location in France
location in Aquitaine and France
location in Aquitaine and France
Abri de la Madeleine (France)
Alternative nameMagdalene rock shelter
LocationNear Tursac, Dordogne département
RegionAquitaine région, southwestern France
Coordinates44°58′05″N 1°01′44″E / 44.96806°N 1.02889°E / 44.96806; 1.02889
History
PeriodsUpper Palaeolithic,
CulturesMagdalenian
Associated withEuropean 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]

  1. ^ Brian M. Fagan (1996). History of Archaeology Before 1900. Oxfordreference. ISBN 978-0-19-507618-9. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "What is prehistoric art?". online art center. Retrieved March 1, 2019.