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Raymonden
45.2069° N, 0.6736° E
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Raymonden is a prehistoric cave near Chancelade in the French département Dordogne. The cave was inhabited during the Upper Paleolithic and contained, besides many artefacts, a human skeleton.
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Main Magdalenian occupation
c. 17,000–11,000 BP
Site discovered
1876
Follow-up excavations
1883
Systematic study and tomb recovery
c. 1888
Stratigraphic analysis by Hardy
1891
Didon section excavation
1927
Bouyssonie continuation
1928-1929
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Plaquettes (bison plate)Portable art
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Caves
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