Font-de-Gaume

Font-de-Gaume cave
Font-de-Gaume
Font-de-Gaume cave
Cliff at Font-de-Gaume
Font-de-Gaume cave in France
Font-de-Gaume cave in France
Location in France
Font-de-Gaume cave in France
Font-de-Gaume cave in France
Font-de-Gaume (France)
Locationnear Eyzies-de-Tayac,
RegionDordogne, France
Coordinates44°56′13″N 1°1′36″E / 44.93694°N 1.02667°E / 44.93694; 1.02667
History
CulturesMagdalenian
Site notes
Excavation dates1901,
ArchaeologistsDenis Peyrony
Official nameFont de Gaume
Part ofPrehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
CriteriaCultural: (i), (iii)
Reference85-003
Inscription1979 (3rd Session)
Area5.216 ha (561,400 sq ft)
Cave entrance

Font-de-Gaume is a cave near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne department of south-west France. The cave contains prehistoric polychrome cave paintings and engravings dating to the Magdalenian period. Discovered in 1901, more than 200 images have been identified in Font-de-Gaume. Along with other nearby prehistoric archeological sites, Font-de-Gaume was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 as the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley.[1]

  1. ^ "Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 9 Oct 2021.