Culture from the late Upper Palaeolithic and the Epipalaeolithic (14,000-12,000 years ago) named after the deposit at Mas-d'Azil (Ariège), and systematically predating the Final Magdalenian. Its geographical extent in western Europe was very significant during the very late glacial (Alleröd and Dryas III). Azilian groups demonstrated great diversification on a regional scale in environments undergoing climatic and ecological change. The technical equipment is characterised by small end-scrapers, points with a curved backed edge (arrowheads) and flat harpoons made of red deer antler rather than reindeer antler. The portable art was dominated by pebbles painted and engraved with typologically simple geometrical motifs. A few simplified figurative representations have been found from the early phases of the Azilian.