Jul-Aug daily 10-17:30
Karst cave.
| Location: | Near Niaux and Fontanet, Ariege. |
| Open: |
All Saints' day holidays, Easter holidays, Apr-Jun, Sep daily 14:15-17. Jul-Aug daily 10-17:30 |
| Fee: | |
| Classification: |
Karst cave.
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| Light: | electric. |
| Dimension: | A=690m asl, L=750m. |
| Guided tours: | At 13 tour in English. |
| Bibliography: | |
| Address: | Tel: +33-561-059506 |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/10/20 20:52:01 $ |
| 1866 | diggings by Filhol, Noulet and Garrigou. | |
| 1906 | first prehistoric paintings of bisons, horses, reindeer and ibex discovered by E. Harlé and identified by Abbé Breuil and H. Obermaier. | |
| 1924-25 | G. Vidal excavates the contents of the gallery which bears his name today. | |
| 1927 | R. Sawtell, I. Treat and P. Vaillant-Couturier visit the cave and publish a description in the book Primitive Hearths in the Pyrenees. They describe some objects discovered almost on the surface in the middle of the Final Room: arrowheads, a scraper, and teeth of horses with bore holes. | |
| 1927-29 | excavations by J. Mandement and B. Jauze on the terraces of the Room of the Fall. Discovered many engraved plates. | |
| 1935-39 | excavations by the Commander E. Octobon and his son Robert in the Final Room. | |
| 1941 | excavations of R. Robert at the entrance of the gallery on the right-hand side (published in B.S.P.F., 1943). | |
| 1944 | levelling work by the Germans destroyed the access ramp. R. Robert made an excavations to rescue the content of Vidal gallery (published in B.S.P.F., 1946). | |
| 1950 | M. Martel discovers a magdalénian hiding-place in Vidal gallery. An engraved plate of a rear-axle of a horse was found. | |
| 1950-53 | excavations by R. Robert in the Vidal gallery (published in B.S.P.A., 1953). | |
| 1993-96 | excavations by Michel Barbaza in the Vidal gallery (published in B.S.P.A, 1997). |
Explanation:
B.S.P.A. is the Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Ariégeoise
B.S.P.F. is the Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française
The cave of Bédeilhac is located in the basin of
Tarascon-sur-Ariège.
It is huge entrance portal made it a good shelter for humans in the middle and
late Magdalénien.
This is proved by two horizonts with remains, which were found in various
locations in this cave.
Dating was possible by the style of discovered remains, and by the
C14-dating.
Unique are clay sculptures, which were only found here and in three other sites: Tuc-in Audoubert, Montespan and Labouiche. Other found remains are flintstone scrapers, teeth of horses with bore holes, and many paintings and engravings on the walls.
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