Prehistoric Caves and Megaliths
This collection features significant archaeological sites in the Dordogne Valley, a region central to human prehistory. It includes UNESCO World Heritage caves like Lascaux and Font-de-Gaume, renowned for polychrome paintings and Magdalenian engravings. The list highlights essential rock shelters such as Cro-Magnon and Le Moustier, which served as type sites for prehistoric cultures, alongside Neolithic megaliths like the Dolmen de Giverzac. These sites preserve evidence of human development from the Lower Paleolithic through the Neolithic era.
A Lascaux Caves
Monumental prehistoric art site containing Upper Paleolithic paintings and engravings primarily of animals. This UNESCO World Heritage site features ancient artistic expressions dating back 17,000 to 22,000 years.
B Les Combarelles
Prehistoric show cave and UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring over 600 Magdalenian animal engravings dating back 11,000 to 18,000 years. It is a significant site of parietal art inhabited by Cro-Magnon people.
C Le Moustier
Le Moustier is an archeological site consisting of two rock shelters in Peyzac-le-Moustier, a village in the Dordogne, France.
D Gisement préhistorique de Laugerie-Haute
UNESCO World Heritage cave featuring a dense concentration of mineral formations known as a mineral forest. It is characterized by rare calcite triangles and diverse speleothems.
E Rouffignac Cave
The Rouffignac cave, in the French commune of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac in the Dordogne département, contains over 250 engravings…
F Abri de la Madeleine
Paleolithic rock shelter and archaeological site that serves as the type site for the Magdalenian period. It features prehistoric art and evidence of continuous habitation through the Middle Ages, including troglodytic dwellings and castle ruins.
G Abri de la Madeleine
The archaeological site Abri de la Madeleine is a rock shelter under an overhanging cliff situated near Tursac, in the Dordogne département…
H Cap Blanc rock shelter
Prehistoric rock shelter featuring a 15,000-year-old frieze of deep animal sculptures, including horses and bison. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its significant Magdalenian parietal art and the discovery of a nearly complete prehistoric skeleton.
I Gisement préhistorique de Laugerie-Haute
Extensive Upper Paleolithic rock shelter and UNESCO World Heritage site. It serves as a key stratigraphic reference for the Solutrean and Magdalenian cultures, yielding a vast collection of flint tools and bone artifacts.
Dolmen de La Palein
Neolithic megalithic tomb consisting of a large stone capstone supported by upright orthostats.
Grotte de la Mouthe
UNESCO World Heritage cave featuring Upper Paleolithic engravings. Discovered in 1894, it provided critical evidence that helped the scientific community accept the authenticity of prehistoric cave art.
Gisement de la Micoque
Lower Paleolithic archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage monument. It is the type site for the Micoquian industry and contains some of the oldest traces of human activity in the Vézère Valley.
M Dolmen de Giverzac
Neolithic sandstone megalithic structure and historical monument consisting of a capstone resting on upright orthostats.
Dolmen de Cantegrel
Neolithic megalithic structure featuring a limestone capstone, representing early communal funerary architecture in the region.
Grotte de Font de Gaume
Major UNESCO World Heritage site featuring over 200 polychrome paintings and engravings from the Magdalenian period. It is one of the few remaining caves with original prehistoric colored art still open to visitors.
P Cro-Magnon rock shelter
Cro-Magnon is an Aurignacian site, located in a rock shelter at Les Eyzies, a hamlet in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil,…
Q La Ferrassie
La Ferrassie is an archaeological site in Savignac-de-Miremont, in the Dordogne department, France.
R Laugerie-Basse
Laugerie-Basse is an important Upper Paleolithic archaeological site within the territory of the French commune Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil…
S Abri Pataud
Prehistoric rockshelter and archaeological site featuring lithic tool assemblages and parietal art from the Upper Paleolithic period. It is managed by the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle and includes an onsite museum.
T Grotte de Bernifal
Prehistoric cave featuring original Paleolithic rock art and engravings from the Magdalenian period. This UNESCO World Heritage site contains over 100 artworks including animal depictions and handprints dating back approximately 12,000 to 14,000 years.
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