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Étiolles, Palaeolithic encampments
Étiolles, Palaeolithic encampments
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      • Historical and environmental context
      • The Upper Palaeolithic in Europe
      • The Magdalenian in Europe
      • The Magdalenian in the Paris Basin
      • Climate and the environment
      • The archaeological site
      • Four decades of research
      • Wide-spread exploration
      • The habitations, camps and their surroundings
      • The right environment
      • The organisation of the camps
      • The habitations
      • Hunting
      • Hunting strategy and tactics
      • Butchering and feeding
      • A cluster of horse remains
      • Technology and symbols
      • Expertise in everyday activities
      • Adornment, art and curiosities
      • Étiolles, a centre for scientific innovation
      • From the field to the laboratory
      • A training and outreach centre
    • The Magdalenians in their camps
      • The camp of two related families
      • Life inside the tents
      • Around the tents
      • A glimpse of a Magdalenian community
      • One family, several stays
      • Three successive habitations
      • An unusual method for producing blades
      • D71-1, a very unusual habitation
      • Flint knapping
      • A prodigious flint deposit
      • The principles of knapping
      • Flint knapping: why?
      • Norms and technological variation
      • Mastery of traditional techniques
      • A long apprenticeship
      • Some differences between the camps
    • The engraved pebble from Étiolles
      • A major discovery
      • The background to the discovery
        • Exceptional artistic evidence
        • The front
        • The back
      • Comparisons and interpretations
      • Elsewhere at the same time
      • A stone that tells a story
      • The impact of the discovery
      • A very important discovery for the region
      • The engraved pebble at the musée de Nemours
    • More insights into the Magdalenian way of life
      • Other Magdalenian habitats in the Paris Basin
      • A region rich in remarkable habitats
      • Diverse hunting practices
      • A region lacking in symbolic evidence
      • The Magdalenian in Switzerland
      • Living in a treeless landscape
      • An economy based on the hunting of diverse prey
      • Regularly changing location
      • The difficulties of decrypting the camps
      • A network of societies
      • The Magdalenian in the Rhineland and Thuringia
      • Contexts and habitats
      • Climate and environment
      • Working flint
      • Hunting strategy and tactics
      • Symbolic creations
    • Medias & Resources
    • Media Library
    • Glossary
    • Site map

Étiolles, Palaeolithic encampments

The Magdalenian nomads who came to Étiolles 15,000 years ago seem to have left only a few hours ago. Modest – and sometimes admirable – remnants of their sober life are intact after being buried in the soft alluvium of the Seine. Between secular and sacred life, it's like a "freeze frame" at the end of the Ice Age that the archaeologists are meticulously exploring.

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  • Home
  • Explore the site
    • Historical and environmental context
      • The Upper Palaeolithic in Europe
      • The Magdalenian in Europe
      • The Magdalenian in the Paris Basin
      • Climate and the environment
    • The archaeological site
      • Four decades of research
      • Wide-spread exploration
    • The habitations, camps and their surroundings
      • The right environment
      • The organisation of the camps
      • The habitations
    • Hunting
      • Hunting strategy and tactics
      • Butchering and feeding
      • A cluster of horse remains
    • Technology and symbols
      • Expertise in everyday activities
      • Adornment, art and curiosities
    • Étiolles, a centre for scientific innovation
      • From the field to the laboratory
      • A training and outreach centre
  • The Magdalenians in their camps
    • The camp of two related families
      • Life inside the tents
      • Around the tents
      • A glimpse of a Magdalenian community
    • One family, several stays
      • Three successive habitations
      • An unusual method for producing blades
      • D71-1, a very unusual habitation
    • Flint knapping
      • A prodigious flint deposit
      • The principles of knapping
      • Flint knapping: why?
    • Norms and technological variation
      • Mastery of traditional techniques
      • A long apprenticeship
      • Some differences between the camps
  • The engraved pebble from Étiolles
    • A major discovery
      • The background to the discovery
      • Exceptional artistic evidence
        • The front
        • The back
    • Comparisons and interpretations
      • Elsewhere at the same time
      • A stone that tells a story
    • The impact of the discovery
      • A very important discovery for the region
      • The engraved pebble at the musée de Nemours
  • More insights into the Magdalenian way of life
    • Other Magdalenian habitats in the Paris Basin
      • A region rich in remarkable habitats
      • Diverse hunting practices
      • A region lacking in symbolic evidence
    • The Magdalenian in Switzerland
      • Living in a treeless landscape
      • An economy based on the hunting of diverse prey
      • Regularly changing location
      • The difficulties of decrypting the camps
      • A network of societies
    • The Magdalenian in the Rhineland and Thuringia
      • Contexts and habitats
      • Climate and environment
      • Working flint
      • Hunting strategy and tactics
      • Symbolic creations
  • Medias & Resources
    • Media Library
    • Glossary
    • Site map

Discover the site

  • Historical and environmental context
  • The archaeological site
  • The habitations, camps and their surroundings
  • Hunting
  • Technology and symbols
  • Étiolles, a centre for scientific innovation

The Magdalenians in their camps

  • The camp of two related families
  • One family, several stays
  • Flint knapping
  • Norms and technological variation

The engraved pebble from Étiolles

  • A major discovery
  • Comparisons and interpretations
  • The impact of the discovery

More insights into the Magdalenian way of life

  • Other Magdalenian habitats in the Paris Basin
  • The Magdalenian in Switzerland
  • The Magdalenian in the Rhineland and Thuringia

Resources

  • Media Library
  • Glossary
  • Site map

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