Solutrean
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The Solutrean industry is a relatively advanced flint tool-making style of the Upper Paleolithic of the Final Gravettian, from around 22,000 to 17,000 BP. Solutrean sites have been found in modern-day
Solutrean tools, 22,000–17,000 BP, Crot du Charnier, Solutré-Pouilly, Saône-et-Loire, France
Solutrean caves in Aujac, Gard
Solutrean cave art at Altamira
Magdalenian
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The Magdalenian is a technocomplex of the Late Upper Paleolithic in parts of Western and Central Europe. It dates from around 21,000 to 13,000 years Before Present. It is named after the type site of
Solutrean
…were used as well. The Solutrean may be seen as a transitional stage between the flint implements of the Mousterian and the bone implements of the Magdalenian epochs. Faunal finds include horses, reindeer, ibex, mammoths, cave lions, rhinoceroses, bears and aurochs. Solutrean finds have also been made in the…
Magdalenian cave painting
Bison Licking Insect Bite, a Magdalenian antler carving from France, dating to c. 15,000 years ago
Lascaux cave painting
Lascaux cave painting