Grotte de Cussac

Grotte de Cussac
Crestian Lamaison Original uploader was Crestian at fr.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5

The Grotte de Cussac is a Paleolithic cave in France's Dordogne valley containing over 150 engraved artworks depicting bison, horses, mammoths, rhinoceroses, ibex, birds, and female figures [1]. It represents one of the few Paleolithic European sites associating parietal art with human burials, with remains of at least five individuals found alongside the engravings [1]. The cave was discovered in September 2000 by amateur speleologist Marc Delluc and remains closed to the public for scientific study [1].

TypeCave Structures
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryFrance
Coordinates44.8296° N, 0.8478° E

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