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Site Details
Tourtoirac
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Site Typecave
DescriptionThe site is located at the eastern end of the village of Tourtoirac, with the Auvézère river 75m away and a spring about 100m above the site. Evidence for Aurignacian, Perigordian, Solutrean and lower Magdalenian habitations were reported by Sonneville-Bordes (1960), but stratigraphy is doubtful due to poor excavations. More recent excavations has resulted in the discovery of two Mousterian levels in the talus in front of the cave.
Site Name
Tourtoirac
Site Type
cave
Description
The site is located at the eastern end of the village of Tourtoirac, with the Auvézère river 75m away and a spring about 100m above the site. Evidence for Aurignacian, Perigordian, Solutrean and lower Magdalenian…
The site is located at the eastern end of the village of Tourtoirac, with the Auvézère river 75m away and a spring about 100m above the site. Evidence for Aurignacian, Perigordian, Solutrean and lower Magdalenian habitations were reported by Sonneville-Bordes (1960), but stratigraphy is doubtful due to poor excavations. More recent excavations has resulted in the discovery of two Mousterian levels in the talus in front of the cave.
Citation
Page Citation for Tourtoirac
Page Citation
"Site Details - Tourtoirac, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-704/17-20775. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
Publications
Author
White, Randall K.
Title
The Ami Collection of the National Museum of Canada: Geographic and Stratigraphic Context
Publication Date
1980-02
Pages
93
Site Information
There are 6 specimens from this Item Group
996.1.774 - offset side scraper
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typescraper
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Tourtoirac
Date Collected1923
996.1.775 - omnidirectionally flaked core
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typecore
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Tourtoirac
Date Collected1923
996.1.776 - miscellaneous
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Tourtoirac
Date Collected1923
996.1.777 - single convex side scraper
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typescraper
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Tourtoirac
Date Collected1923
996.1.778 - Mousterian projectile point
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeprojectile point
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Tourtoirac
Date Collected1923
996.1.774LOT - lithic specimens
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typevarious sub-categories
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Tourtoirac
Date Collected1923