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Grotte de Cussac | |
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| Location | Le Buisson-de-Cadouin,Dordogne,Aquitaine,France |
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| Coordinates | 44°49′46″N0°50′52″E / 44.82944°N 0.84778°E /44.82944; 0.84778 |
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| Excavation dates | Marc Delluc |
| Public access | No |
TheGrotte de Cussac (French pronunciation:[ɡʁɔtdəkysak]) is a cave located in theDordogne river valley inLe Buisson-de-Cadouin,Dordogne,Aquitaine,France.[1] It contains over 150Paleolithic artworks, including engravings ofbison,horses,mammoths,rhinoceroses,ibex, birds, enigmatic figures, and perhaps four female profiles, including one apparently notable for arubenesque form common to pre-modern art. The cave's human remains, which include at least five individuals (four adults and a teenager), represent one of the few associations ofparietal works and human burials inPaleolithic Europe. The bones have been dated usingcarbon-14 measurements to approximately 25,000 years in age.The cave was discovered on September 30, 2000, by amateurspeleologist Marc Delluc and announced by the French Ministry of Culture on December 8, 2000. The cave is currently under protection for scientific study and is not open to the public.The cave's artworks, estimated to be 25,000 years old, are almost exclusively engravings, often very large, made with stone tools on the walls or with fingers on clay soil. Pigments are limited to very few red dots. The art is similar in theme and style to that found in theQuercy caves, particularlyPech Merle.
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