Cro-Magnon rock shelter

Local nameAbri de Cro-Magnon
LocationNouvelle-Aquitaine

Cro-Magnon is an Aurignacian site, located in a rock shelter at Les Eyzies, a hamlet in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, southwestern France.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. 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.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cro-Magnon_rock_shelter

Address 1 Avenue de Laugerie, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil 24620, France

Coordinates 44°56'25.91" N 1°0'34.935" E

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