Arcy-sur-Cure

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Code INSEE	89015
Code Postal	89270

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Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 1 (between pp. 32-33). • Top drawing : longitudinal-section drawing of the cave profile with its archaeological layers. « Niveau de la vallée » is the level of the valley (river Cure).The scale is ½ cm/m (see bottom left of that drawing). From left to right : « Eboulis des pentes » (« slope scree », a large part of it coming from the collapse of the advancing part of the roof). C1 : Mousterian. C2 : Magdalenian (this was a mistake, as believed at the begining of the 20th century. The lower part of the C2 layer corresponds to the Châtelperronian and its upper part to the Aurignacian) ; C3 : engraved bones (« os gravés ») (Gravettian period) ; C4 : Solutrean ; C5 : Magdalenian (in its right place) ; C6 : Neolithic. • Bottom left drawing : map of the cave. North is to the right side (as shown with the « N » at the end of the gallery in the bottom left drawing). From south to north : « antichambre » (antechamber) ; “chambre” ; gallery. Point « α » (cross-section point, bottom right drawing) is at the end of the chamber, at the entrance of the gallery. • Bottom right drawing : cross-section drawing of the cave's archaeological layers found at point « α » (see bottom left drawing). From bottom to top : « Gros sable granitique » (large granitic sand) ; « Sable fin » (fine sand) ; « Eboulis et sable, couche 1 » (scree and sand, layer n° 1) ; « Sable et limon » (sand and limon) ; « Eboulis, sable et limon » - both latter layers shown as « C2 layer ; « Couche 3, rouge (red) ; « Couche 4, jaune » (yellow) - both latter layers shown as « Eboulis » (scree). par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 2 (between pp. 32-33). Stone tools.

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 2 (between pp. 32-33). Stone tools. par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 3 (between pp. 32-33). Bone tools.

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 3 (between pp. 32-33). Bone tools. par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 4 (between pp. 32-33). 8 engraved bones.

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 4 (between pp. 32-33). 8 engraved bones. par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 4 (between pp. 32-33). Engraved bone.

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 4 (between pp. 32-33). Engraved bone. par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite (between pp. 32-33) : plate 5. Engraved bone, drawing showing both length sides.

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite (between pp. 32-33) : plate 5. Engraved bone, drawing showing both length sides. par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 5 (between pp. 32-33). Deer bone (femur) with engraving of a branch with leaves (very rare ; prehistoric engraving and pictures usually represent animals / humans, not plants).

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 5 (between pp. 32-33). Deer bone (femur) with engraving of a branch with leaves (very rare ; prehistoric engraving and pictures usually represent animals / humans, not plants). par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 1 (between pp. 32-33). Stone tools.

Grotte du Trilobite, Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Taken from Abbé Alexandre Parat, Les Grottes de la Cure (côte d'Arcy) : La grotte du Trilobite, plate 1 (between pp. 32-33). Stone tools. par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Map of the 8 caves that stand within 70 m : Lion, Loup (Wolf), Bison, Renne, Ours (Bear), Trilobite, Hyène, Cheval (Horse).

Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Map of the 8 caves that stand within 70 m : Lion, Loup (Wolf), Bison, Renne, Ours (Bear), Trilobite, Hyène, Cheval (Horse). par Pueblo89 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Grotte du Cheval (Horse cave), Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. There is a very narrow passage some 70 m inside the cave. When the cave entrance was walled shut (as seen here), it was decided that the door would be as narrow as that inner passage so that people who could not pass the inner passage would not be able to pass this door either, and thus would not get stuck 70 m away from the entrance. This information was provided by Nadine, guide in the Great Cave.

Grotte du Cheval (Horse cave), Arcy-sur-Cure, Yonne, Burgundy, France. There is a very narrow passage some 70 m inside the cave. When the cave entrance was walled shut (as seen here), it was decided that the door would be as narrow as that inner passage so that people who could not pass the inner passage would not be able to pass this door either, and thus would not get stuck 70 m away from the entrance. This information was provided by Nadine, guide in the Great Cave. par Pueblo89 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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89270 Arcy-sur-Cure
Email : maire.arcy-sur-cure@wanadoo.fr
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