Abri de Cro-Magnon | |
 Cro-Magnon rock shelter; a commemorative marble plaque to the right of the image's center-top reads, "Abri de Cro-Magnon: ici furent découverts en 1868 les hommes de Cro-Magnon par François Berthoumeyrou" ("Shelter of Cro-Magnon: Here in 1868 Cro-Magnon men were discovered by François Berthoumeyrou") | |
  Location within France | |
| Location | Les Eyzies, Dordogne |
|---|---|
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine France |
| Coordinates | 44°56′25″N 01°00′35″E / 44.94028°N 1.00972°E |
| Altitude | 73.0 m (240 ft)[1] |
| Type | Rock shelter |
| Part of | European early modern human sites |
| History | |
| Material | Human remains, animal bones, flint tools |
| Founded | ~27,680 ± 270 BP |
| Periods | Aurignacian |
| Associated with | Cro-Magnons |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1868+ |
| Archaeologists | Louis Lartet |
| Public access | Yes |
| Website | Official website |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, iii |
| Designated | 1979 (3rd session) |
| Part of | Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley |
| Reference no. | 85 |
Cro-Magnon (/kroʊˈmænjən/ , US: /-ˈmæɡnən/; French: Abri de Cro-Magnon French pronunciation: [kʁomaɲɔ̃])[note 1][2][3] is an Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic) site, located in a rock shelter at Les Eyzies, a hamlet in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, southwestern France.[4]
Most notably, it is the site of the discovery of anatomically modern human remains, apparently buried at the site, dated to about 28,000 years ago.[5] Because of its archeological importance, Abri de Cro-Magnon was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley site.[6]
- ^ Google Maps Elevation Finder
- ^ "Cros". Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- ^ "The Cro-Magnon Shelter". Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- ^ (in French) Prehisto-France[permanent dead link]
- ^ Cro-Magnon 1: 27,680 ± 270 BP "Evolution: Humans: Origins of Humankind". Pbs.org. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
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