Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley

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UNESCO World Heritage Site prehistoric archaeological site complex

Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley are a group of renowned Paleolithic archaeological sites in southwestern France, famous for their exceptionally well-preserved cave art and evidence of early modern human life.

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UNESCO World Heritage Site (prehistoric sites and decorated caves of the Vézère Valley) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
prehistoric archaeological site complex ⓘ
associatedWithHumanSpecies Homo sapiens GENERATED ⓘ
Neanderthals GENERATED ⓘ
containsArtDepicting abstract signs ⓘ
aurochs ⓘ
bison ⓘ
deer ⓘ
horses ⓘ
ibex ⓘ
mammoths ⓘ
containsSite Abri du Poisson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bernifal Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cap Blanc rock shelter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Combarelles Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Font-de-Gaume Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Ferrassie rock shelter NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Laugerie-Basse NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Laugerie-Haute NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Madeleine rock shelter NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Micoque NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Roque Saint-Christophe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lascaux Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Le Moustier rock shelter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rouffignac Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ
country France ⓘ
earliestOccupation Lower Paleolithic ⓘ
governedBy French Ministry of Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSignificance evidence for early modern human culture in Europe ⓘ
exceptional preservation of prehistoric art ⓘ
reference sequence for European Paleolithic archaeology ⓘ
hasTheme Paleolithic daily life ⓘ
prehistoric fauna depictions ⓘ
symbolic and ritual behavior ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
knownFor archaeological stratigraphy ⓘ
engravings ⓘ
parietal paintings ⓘ
prehistoric cave art ⓘ
prehistoric rock shelters ⓘ
locatedAlong Vézère River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Vézère Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInDepartment Dordogne NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Périgord Noir NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montignac-Lascaux NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf World Heritage List NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodRepresented Paleolithic ⓘ
Upper Paleolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria criterion (i) ⓘ
criterion (iii) ⓘ
criterion (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 85 ⓘ

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Vézère River → hasHeritageDesignation → Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (prehistoric sites and decorated caves of the Vézère Valley)
Aquitaine → hasUNESCOSite → Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley ⓘ
Vézère Valley → heritageDesignation → Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in France → includesSite → Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley ⓘ
Lascaux cave → partOf → Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley ⓘ
subject surface form: Lascaux