Marsoulas Cave

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Q3117147




The Marsoulas Cave in southwestern France, near Marsoulas in the Haute-Garonne, is a small cave notable for its archaeological wealth, including Paleolithic cave paintings and ornaments from the Magdalenian. It consists of a straight gallery about 100 m (330 ft) long with parietal art along the entire length of the cave. The art includes human and animal figures as well as geometric forms and has been described as being of "profound stylistic originality with few equivalents in the region from the same period". The prehistoric artists who produced these used the varied topography of the cave and ceiling to produce three-dimensional engravings and paintings in scales ranging between 2.2 m (7.2 ft) to tiny miniatures.

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cave with prehistoric art, Q142, 

  • monument historique inscrit page@
  • Base Mérimée page@
  • monument historique classé page@
  • listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage page@
  • Maisons des Illustres page@
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Location: 43.1031, 0.9861, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • cave of Aurignac ⓘ
    prehistoric habitat from the upper paleolithic at Aurignac, Haute-Garonne, France
  • cave of Enlene ⓘ
    cave in France
  • Cave of Tuc d'Audoubert ⓘ
    cave in France
  • Gouffre de Peillot ⓘ
  • Grotte d'Aliou ⓘ
  • grotte de Gouerris ⓘ
  • grotte de la Tourasse ⓘ
  • grotte de Mongautin ⓘ
    cave in France
  • grotte de Montconfort ⓘ
    cave in France
  • Grotte de Montespan ⓘ
    cave in France
  • Grotte de Moulis ⓘ
  • grotte de Peyort ⓘ
  • Grotte de Sainte-Catherine ⓘ
  • Marsoulas Cave ⓘ
    cave in France
  • souterrain de Houantaou ⓘ
    cave in France
  • Tarté ⓘ
    cave in France
  • Trois Frères ⓘ
    cave in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings
  • Unknown ⓘ
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Pointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.noirPointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.noir
Pointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.FondPointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.Fond
Pointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.FondPointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.Fond
Pointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.noirPointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.noir
Grotte de Marsoulas, fouilles Bégouën, Russel 1931 (2)Grotte de Marsoulas, fouilles Bégouën, Russel 1931 (2)
PSM V41 D040 Carved bones from the grotto of marsoulasPSM V41 D040 Carved bones from the grotto of marsoulas
Bison, MarsoulasBison, Marsoulas
Conque Magdalenienne de MarsoulasConque Magdalenienne de Marsoulas
Pendeloque droite de Marsoulas MHNT.PRE.2009..249Pendeloque droite de Marsoulas MHNT.PRE.2009..249
Pendeloque en lignite Marsoulas MHNT.PRE.2012.0.6.95Pendeloque en lignite Marsoulas MHNT.PRE.2012.0.6.95
    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    linkpagemonument historique inscrit page@Wikidata
    linkpageBase Mérimée page@Wikidata
    linkpagemonument historique classé page@Wikidata
    linkpagelisted in the general inventory of cultural heritage page@Wikidata
    linkpageMaisons des Illustres page@Wikidata
    sitecavecave of Aurignacarchaeological site, caveWikidata
    sitecavecave of Enlenecave with prehistoric artWikidata
    sitecaveCave of Tuc d'Audoubertcave with prehistoric art, caveWikidata
    sitecaveGouffre de Peillotpit caveWikidata
    sitecaveGrotte d'Aliouspring, caveWikidata
    sitecavegrotte de Gouerrisprehistoric archaeological site, caveWikidata
    sitecavegrotte de la TourassecaveWikidata
    sitecavegrotte de MongautincaveWikidata
    sitecavegrotte de MontconfortcaveWikidata
    sitecaveGrotte de Montespancave with prehistoric artWikidata
    sitecaveGrotte de Moulislaboratory, caveWikidata
    sitecavegrotte de Peyortcave with prehistoric artWikidata
    sitecaveGrotte de Sainte-CatherinecaveWikidata
    sitecaveMarsoulas Cavecave with prehistoric artWikidata
    sitecavesouterrain de HouantaoucaveWikidata
    sitecaveTartécaveWikidata
    sitecaveTrois Frèrescave with prehistoric art, caveWikidata
    sitecaveUnknowncaveWikidata
    commonsimagePointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.noir Commons
    commonsimagePointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.Fond Commons
    commonsimagePointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.Fond Commons
    commonsimagePointe de sagaie Marsoulas MHNT PRE 2010.0.9.2.noir Commons
    commonsimageGrotte de Marsoulas, fouilles Bégouën, Russel 1931 (2) Commons
    commonsimagePSM V41 D040 Carved bones from the grotto of marsoulas Commons
    commonsimageBison, Marsoulas Commons
    commonsimageConque Magdalenienne de Marsoulas Commons
    commonsimagePendeloque droite de Marsoulas MHNT.PRE.2009..249 Commons
    commonsimagePendeloque en lignite Marsoulas MHNT.PRE.2012.0.6.95 Commons
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