Le Mas-d'Azil (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern

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, containing a cave that is the typesite for the prehistoric

Azilian The Azilian is a Mesolithic archaeological industry, industry of the Franco-Cantabrian region of northern Spain and Southern France. It dates approximately 10,000–12,500 years ago. Diagnostic Cultural artifact, artifacts from the culture includ ...

culture. The '' Grotte du Mas d'Azil'' (sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not) is a "supersite" with rich remains of human usage from about 30,000 years ago, and is also a key site for the preceding

Magdalenian Magdalenian cultures (also Madelenian; ) are later cultures of the Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic in western Europe. They date from around 17,000 to 12,000 years before present. It is named after the type site of Abri de la Madeleine, a ro ...

culture. The D119 road runs right through the large cave, which is a natural tunnel 420 metres long and 50 metres high.;

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Communes of Ariège (department) Archaeological sites in France Azilian Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ariège-geo-stub

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