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<< Other Photo Pages >> Grotte de l' Eléphant - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 4965

Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte de l' Eléphant
Country: France Département: Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Saint-Gaudens  Nearest Village: Gourdan-Polignan
Latitude: 43.071355N  Longitude: 0.563280E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Grotte de l' Eléphant
Grotte de l' Eléphant submitted by Creative Commons : Drilled tooth (Canis lupus) canine tooth used as a necklace - 2 Views of the same object Locality : Gourdan cave says "Elephant Cave", Gourdan–Polignan, Haute-Garonne , France Search and collection: Henri Filhol Stage : Magdalenian Upper Paleolithic (between 17,000 and 10,000 Before the Current Era) Français : Canine percée (Canis lupus) pour parure - 2 vu... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave in Haute-Garonne


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Grotte de l' Eléphant
Grotte de l' Eléphant submitted by durhamnature : Human figure on Reindeer antler, and close up, from "Abri sous Roche..." via archive.org Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte de l' Eléphant
Grotte de l' Eléphant submitted by durhamnature : Swan, or possibly heron, from "Introduction to Stone Age Art" via archive.org Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte de l' Eléphant
Grotte de l' Eléphant submitted by durhamnature : Duck, from "Introduction to Stone Age Art" via archive.org Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte de l' Eléphant
Grotte de l' Eléphant submitted by durhamnature : Deer head, from "Introduction to Stone Age Art" via archive.org Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotte de l' Eléphant
Grotte de l' Eléphant submitted by durhamnature : Saiga engraved on bone, via archive.org Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France

Grotte de l' Eléphant
Grotte de l' Eléphant submitted by durhamnature : Heads of four Chamois on a Reindeer antler, in the museum, image from "Men of the Old Stone Age" via archive.org Site in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) France

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Re: Grotte de l' Eléphant by durhamnature on Thursday, 29 November 2012
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Also known as Grotte de Gourdan, which is the name of the village.
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