Mas d’Azil is an immense cave and is one of the major prehistoric sites in France. Classed as an historic monument since 1942, it is also a very popular tourist site. The construction of a visitor centre and site path by the commune of Mas d’Azil requires archaeological intervention and two phases have already been completed. The first; a trench to house the buried pipes that traverse the road and the second; the visitor centre located inside the cave.
The cave of Mas d’Azil and French prehistory
The first research at this site was carried out in 1860 with Félix
Garrigou presenting the general stratigraphy in 1867. Twenty years
later, Édouard Piette conducted extensive excavations. Throughout these
years, thousands of flint tools and hundreds of portable art objects
were recovered.
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