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Périgordian

Several related cultures of the Upper Paleolithic

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The earliest culture in the tradition is the Châtelperronian which is thought to have produced denticulate tools and flint knives. It is argued that this was superseded by the Gravettian with its Font Robert points and Noailles burins. The tradition culminated in the proto-Magdalenian.

Critics have pointed out that no continuous sequence of Périgordian occupation has yet been found, and that the tradition requires it to have co-existed separately from the Aurignacian industry rather than being differing industries that existed before and afterwards.

Sites

  • Font-Robert - (Jalón). Périgordia V.
  • Gorge d'Enfer - (Dordogne). Lower and Upper Périgordia.
  • La Ferrassie - (Dordogne).
  • La Gravette - (Dordogne). Périgordia IV.
  • Labattut (Abri) - (Dordogne). Périgordia IV-VI.
  • Laugerie Haute - (Dordogne).
  • Laussel - (Dordogne) Périgordia IV.
  • Le Moustier - (Dordogne).
  • Noailles - (Corrèze). Périgord V.
  • Oreille d'Enfer - (Dordogne). Périgord V.
  • Abri Pataud - (Dordogne). Périgord IV-VII.
  • Vignaud (Abri) - (Dordogne). Périgord V.

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