Castel Merle

Castel Merle (also known as Castel-Merle or Castelmerle) is a complex of 10 prehistoric rock shelters (or abris as they are known in French) in Sergeac, in the Dordogne region of France. ^[1]

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1. 14 relations: American Museum of Natural History, Aurignacian, Dordogne, France, Lascaux, Les Eyzies, Magdalenian, Mousterian, Neanderthal, Périgordian, Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley, Reverdit rockshelter, Sergeac, Solutrean.

2. 1875 archaeological discoveries
3. Dordogne
4. Paleolithic Europe

American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.

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Aurignacian

The Aurignacian is an archaeological industry of the Upper Paleolithic associated with Early European modern humans (EEMH) lasting from 43,000 to 26,000 years ago.

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Dordogne

Dordogne (or;; Dordonha) is a large rural department in south west France, with its prefecture in Périgueux.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Lascaux

Lascaux (Grotte de Lascaux, "Lascaux Cave") is a network of caves near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France.

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Les Eyzies

Les Eyzies (Las Aisiás) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Magdalenian

The Magdalenian cultures (also Madelenian; French: Magdalénien) are later cultures of the Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic in western Europe.

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Mousterian

The Mousterian (or Mode III) is an archaeological industry of stone tools, associated primarily with the Neanderthals in Europe, and to the earliest anatomically modern humans in North Africa and West Asia.

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Neanderthal

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, though some regard it as a subspecies of Homo sapiens) who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago.

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Périgordian

Périgordian is a term for several distinct but related Upper Palaeolithic cultures which are thought by some archaeologists to represent a contiguous tradition.

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Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley

The Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in France since 1979. Castel Merle and Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley are Mousterian.

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Reverdit rockshelter

The Reverdit rockshelter is a rockshelter with sculpted friezes dating to the Upper Palaeolithic, specifically the Magdelenian. Castel Merle and Reverdit rockshelter are Dordogne, Monuments historiques of Dordogne, Paleolithic Europe and rock shelters.

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Sergeac

Sergeac (Sarjac) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Solutrean

The Solutrean industry is a relatively advanced flint tool-making style of the Upper Paleolithic of the Final Gravettian, from around 22,000 to 17,000 BP.

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See also

1875 archaeological discoveries

• Castel Merle
• Nike of Paionios
• Tomb of the Leopards

Dordogne

• Bergerac wine
• Castel Merle
• Château de Beynac
• Château de Montfort
• Departmental Council of Dordogne
• Dordogne
• Monbazillac AOC
• Reverdit rockshelter
• Roque Saint-Christophe
• Teyjat
• Tourny avenues (Périgueux)
• Venus of Laussel

Paleolithic Europe

• Bad Breisig (epipalaeolithic site)
• Badanj Cave
• Boxgrove Palaeolithic site
• Castel Merle
• Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
• Cave of Chufín
• Caves of Monte Castillo
• Ceprano Man
• Clacton Spear
• Cueva Antón
• Epipalaeolithic
• Giant deer bone of Einhornhöhle
• Grotte de Cussac
• La Garma cave complex
• Las Caldas cave
• Micoquien
• Neanderthals
• Obłazowa Cave
• Oldisleben I
• Paglicci 23
• Paleolithic Europe
• Paleolithic Iberia
• Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
• Reverdit rockshelter
• Roca dels Bous (archaeological site)
• Schöningen site
• Schöningen spears
• Sidrón Cave
• Untermassfeld fossil site
• Upper Paleolithic Europe
• Venus figurines of Petersfels

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castel_Merle

Also known as Castel-Merle, Castelmerle, Castermerle.

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