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15,000 years ago
The two archaeologists reopened the excavations begun by Lucien Rousseau. In this image, taken in September 1948, they are moving a sculpted stone block depicting a bison hoof that had fallen from the ceiling of the Taillebourg Cave. The block is currently in the collections of the National Archaeology museum at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
MAN, Fonds Saint-Mathurin
The sculpted Chaire-à-Calvin Shelter (Mouthiers, Charente).