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La Grotte des Fées
46.4117° N, 3.6385° E
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La Grotte des Fées is a cave located in Châtelperron, in the central French department of Allier.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Châtelperronian period
35,000–30,000 B.C.
Initial discovery during railway construction
c. 1840 (possibly 1848)
Bailleau excavations and third cave discovery
1867–1872
Listed as monument historique
1949
Delporte excavations
1951–1954 and 1962
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Archaeological Features
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Domestic and Habitation Structures
Caves
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Environmental and Natural Features
Modified CavesRock Shelters
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