Sites & cities that bear the name of Teyjat cave

Teyjat cave

Today in : France
First trace of activity : ca. 10,000 B.C.E
Last trace of activity : ca. 10,000 B.C.E
Recorded names : Grotte de la Mairie, Abri Mège

Description : The cave of the Town Hall or cave in Teyjat is an important archaeological site French occupied at the end of the Upper Palaeolithic and located in the town of Teyjat , in the northern department of Dordogne , in region New Aquitaine . It contains more than forty parietal engravings of the Magdalenian made about 11,500 years before the present .

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