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Natural PlacesSite Name: Grottes d'Isturitz et d'OtsozelaiaCountry: France
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Département: Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64 Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Saint Martin d’Arber
Latitude: 43.353132N Longitude: 1.206031W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Cave or Rock Shelter in Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64. There are three caves here that contain art. Isturitz and Oxocelhaya can be visited although the art in Oxocelhaya can only be seen at certain arranged times. Erberua the third cave needs diving equipment to visit it.
Neanderthals were the first to inhabit the caves about 80 000 ya. The caves were then used till by humans up until 15 000 ya.
The art is dated to about 14 000 ya.
Excavations are ongoing in the caves.
http://www.grottes-isturitz.com/grottes-isturitz/accueil_gb.htm
http://www.aurignacien.de/en/a-bc-art.php
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