Cro-Magnon rock shelter
Abri de Cro-Magnon | |
Cro-Magnon rock shelter; a commemorative marble plaque to the right of the image's center-top reads, "Abri de Cro-Magnon: ici furent découverts en 1868 les hommes de Cro-Magnon par François Berthoumeyrou" ("Shelter of Cro-Magnon: Here in 1868 Cro-Magnon men were discovered by François Berthoumeyrou") | |
Location within France | |
Interactive map of Cro-Magnon rock shelter | |
| Location | Les Eyzies, Dordogne |
|---|---|
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine France |
| Coordinates | 44°56′25″N 01°00′35″E / 44.94028°N 1.00972°E |
| Altitude | 73.0 m (240 ft) |
| Type | Rock shelter |
| Part of | European early modern human sites |
| History | |
| Material | Human remains, animal bones, flint tools |
| Founded | ~27,680 ± 270 BP |
| Periods | Aurignacian |
| Associated with | Cro-Magnons |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1868+ |
| Archaeologists | Louis Lartet |
| Public access | Yes |
| Website | Official website |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, iii |
| Designated | 1979 (3rd session) |
| Part of | Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley |
| Reference no. | 85 |
Cro-Magnon (/kroʊˈmænjɒn/ ⓘ kroh-MAN-yon or /kroʊˈmæɡnən/ kroh-MAG-nən; French: abri de Cro-Magnon [abʁi d(ə) kʁomaɲɔ̃]; Occitan: abric de Cròsmanhon) is an Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic) site, located in a rock shelter in the commune of Les Eyzies, Dordogne, southwestern France.
Most notably, it is the site of the discovery of anatomically modern human remains, apparently buried at the site, dated to about 28,000 years ago. The find is also called Cro-Magnon after the name of the rock shelter. Because of its archeological importance, Abri de Cro-Magnon was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley site.