Gouy Cave

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Gouy Cave
Grotte de Gouy
Entree de la grotte de Gouy sur la RN15.jpg
Entrance to Gouy Cave
Location Gouy, France
Discovery1956

Gouy Cave (French: Grotte de Gouy) is a cave with engravings dating to the Paleolithic era in Gouy, France. [1] It has the northernmost paleolithic cave art found in France. [2]

The cave was discovered in 1956 by two boys, though inscriptions in the cave indicate that the cave was found but unreported by locals in 1881. Excavations began in 1959. [1] [3] Engravings found in Gouy Cave depict animals, including ox, horses, and deer. [1] In 2010, the Archaeological Institute of America declared the site at risk due to tree roots growing in the cave's limestone walls. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Graindor, M.-J. (1972). "Upper Palaeolithic Rock Engravings at Gouy (France)" . World Archaeology. 3 (3): 243–251. doi:10.1080/00438243.1972.9979507. ISSN   0043-8243. JSTOR   124010.
  2. 1 2 "Sites Under Threat in 2009". Archaeology Archive. Archaeological Institute of America. 2010. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  3. ↑ Martin, Yves, 'The Engravings of Gouy: France’s Northernmost Decorated Cave', in Paul Pettitt and others (eds), Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context (Oxford, 2007; online edn, Oxford Academic, 12 Nov. 2020), doi : 10.1093/oso/9780199299171.003.0014

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