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Submitted by TheCaptain on Friday, 13 May 2016  Page Views: 9123

Natural PlacesSite Name: Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Country: France Département: Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Sarlat-la-Canéda  Nearest Village: Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
Latitude: 44.949730N  Longitude: 0.998276E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4Short walk on a footpath
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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TheCaptain visited on 17th May 2005 - their rating: Access: 4 Just to the northwest of Les Eyzies on the west bank of the river Vézère is found the ancient cliff settlement of Laugerie Basse. Gisements and shelters in the cliff face which have been inhabited since Cro Magnon man right up to this day.

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by Creative Commons : Fac-similé : Renne gravé, trouvé dans le gisement de Laugerie-Basse, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, France. Photographié à la maison forte de Reignac à Tursac. By Père Igor (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)
Just to the northwest of Les Eyzies on the west bank of the river Vézère is found the ancient cliff settlement of Laugerie Basse. There are gisements and shelters in the cliff face which have been inhabited since Cro Magnon man right up to this day. Various items of portable rock art have been found here.
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Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by Creative Commons : Auroch found in Laugerie Basse rockshelter, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Dordogne, France. It can be viewed in the National Prehistory Museum in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac. Français : Auroch trouvé sous l'abri sous roche de Laugerie-Basse, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France. Photographié au Musée national de Préhistoire aux Eyzies-de-Tayac. By Sémhur (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by TheCaptain : Just to the northwest of Les Eyzies on the west bank of the river Vézère is found the ancient cliff settlement of Laugerie Basse. There are gisements and shelters in the cliff face which have been inhabited since Cro Magnon man right up to this day. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by Creative Commons : Abri préhistorique de Laugerie-Basse aux Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil. By Pymouss (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing from "Sveriges forntid...." via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Drawing from "Paleolithic Man" via archive.org I think its a pig or wild boar. Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : "Reindeer Woman" image with much better detail, from "Nos Origines..." via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : An unusual subject, a whale engraved on a antler, from "Early Man In Britain" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Horse and cat heads on either side of a bone via archive.org

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Female image from "Anthropologie" via archive.org

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : "The Aurochs Hunter" from "Abri sous roche des Comarelles" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Pierced stone with Deer and possibly a Dog's head. from the cave, from "Anthropologie" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Bison's head engraved on a stone from the cave, from "Anthropologie" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Bison engraved on a stone from the cave, from "Anthropologie" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : A Deer engraved on a stone from the cave, from "Anthropologie" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : A Cave Bear and a Deer's head, on two daces of a stone from the cave, from "Anthropologie" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Artifacts from the cave, from "Anthropologie" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : The same Horse's head, wearing a bridle, drawn by two different people, from "Anthropologie" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Ivory female figure, from "Introduction to Stone Age Art.." via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : "The Bison Hunter", from Der Diluviale Menschen.." via archive.org

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : "The Reindeer Woman", from Der Diluviale Menschen.." via archive.org

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Reindeer carving, from "La France Prehistorique" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by durhamnature : Phallic carving, from "La France Prehistorique" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France

Abri de Laugerie-Basse
Abri de Laugerie-Basse submitted by TheCaptain : Just to the northwest of Les Eyzies on the west bank of the river Vézère is found the ancient cliff settlement of Laugerie Basse. There are gisements and shelters in the cliff face which have been inhabited since Cro Magnon man right up to this day.

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