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Places in France matching “Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Dordogne” · Mysteria

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Places in France matching “Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Dordogne”

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Verified72 Widely accepted4 Contested0 Hypothetical1 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Megaliths47 Rock art sites14 Archaeological wonders13 Passage graves11 Menhirs10

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🇫🇷France77

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Partially excavated34 Excavated33 Excavation ongoing7 Unexcavated2 Not applicable1

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brittany18 megalithic17 morbihan11 france9 passage grave9 carnac8 menhir7

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early neolithic5

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“Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Dordogne”

🇫🇷 France

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Les Combarelles Cave

Mid–Late Magdalenian ~14–12 ka BP · Magdalenian

Dense 600-figure engraved gallery opposite Font-de-Gaume, core Magdalenian engraving reference.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Font-de-Gaume Cave

Magdalenian ~17–14 ka BP · Magdalenian

Vézère polychrome gallery with 230 Magdalenian figures, last original painted cave open to public.

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Cussac Cave

Gravettian ~28–25 ka BP · Gravettian

Sealed 1.6 km Gravettian engraved gallery with 4 m bison and bear nests intact since 25 ka.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Lascaux Cave

Upper Paleolithic (Solutrean/Magdalenian, ~17,000–15,000 BCE) · Cro-Magnon hunter-gatherer (Magdalenian)

Sealed Upper Paleolithic cave on the Vézère renowned as the 'Sistine Chapel of Prehistory' for about 600 parietal paintings and nearly 1,500 engravings executed with astonishing naturalism.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Rouffignac Cave

Magdalenian ~13 ka BP · Magdalenian

8 km mammoth gallery with 158 manganese woolly-mammoth figures and children's finger fluting.

🇫🇷 France · Tell

Iron Age Tell — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 410

Iron Age · Iron Age

Iron Age tell at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Tell

Harappan Tell — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 421

Harappan · Harappan

Harappan tell at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Tell

Neolithic Tell — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 429

Neolithic · Neolithic

Neolithic tell at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Pyramid

Jomon Pyramid — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 384

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon pyramid at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Pyramid

Jomon Pyramid — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 451

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon pyramid at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Jomon Rock Art — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 425

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon rock-art at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Jomon Rock Art — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 437

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon rock-art at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Neolithic Megalithic — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 388

Neolithic · Neolithic

Neolithic megalithic at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Pyramid

Hittite Pyramid — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 390

Hittite · Hittite

Hittite pyramid at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Harappan Rock Art — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 408

Harappan · Harappan

Harappan rock-art at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Geoglyph

Iron Age Geoglyph — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 441

Iron Age · Iron Age

Iron Age geoglyph at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Jomon Megalithic — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 442

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon megalithic at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Bronze Age Rock Art — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 419

Bronze Age · Bronze Age

Bronze Age rock-art at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Geoglyph

Neolithic Geoglyph — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 433

Neolithic · Neolithic

Neolithic geoglyph at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Ancient village

Jomon Ancient Village — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 430

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon ancient-village at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Ancient village

Harappan Ancient Village — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 409

Harappan · Harappan

Harappan ancient-village at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Ancient village

Harappan Ancient Village — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 444

Harappan · Harappan

Harappan ancient-village at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.