Timeline

Times

  1. Palaeolithic
  2. Neolithic
  3. Iron Age
  4. Antiquity
  5. Middle Ages
  6. Modern
  7. Contemporary
  8. All periods

Palaeolithic -2 Ma / -6000

Arcy-sur-Cure and Saint-Moré

Prehistoric caves (Yonne, Bourgogne)

Cussac cave

29,000 years ago

Decorated rocks in the Île-de-France

22,000 to 9,000 years ago

Ormesson, Les Bossats

Seine-et-Marne - 50,000 years ago

The Cro-Magnon rock shelter

30,000 years ago. Discovered 150 years ago

Neolithic -6000 / -2300

Iron Age -800 /-50

Antiquity -50 / 500

The Mandeure sanctuary and theatre

Middle Ages 500 / 1500

Modern 1500 / 1789

Contemporary 1789 / Aujourd'hui

All periods

French national archaeology: the early years

The Commission de Topographie des Gaules 1858–1879

Fresh water archaeology

France