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Grand view at the river Vézère.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Canon PowerShot G2) / #panorama #river #Vezere - #RoqueSaintChristophe #abri / #Landscape at #LaRoqueStChristophe #RoqueSaintChristophe in #PeyzacleMoustier, #Dordogne - #France
The view from this high abri still is very nice to see. Maybe the forrest along the river Vézère was much more dense and the field a bit smaller. Well it's more then 55000 years in time.
Photo August 2002, La Roque Saint-Christophe (Abri) (Settlements, Neolithic period 55000BP- destruction 1588) after 57002 years in time.
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Roque Saint Christophe - La Roque Saint-Christophe (one of the 147 exceptional prehistoric UNESCO sites since 1979) is a large limestone rock with rock dwellings (abris sous-roche in French) along the river Vézère near Peyzac-le-Moustier in the Dordogne region. The cliff is one kilometer long and towers over the road below and the river Vézère at about a hundred meters. The rock has five terraces that were created on the one hand by the erosion of the river water 60 million years ago and on the other hand by the action of frost on the limestone during the ice ages of the Quaternary era.
The earliest dating is the Moustérien period, the caves, dating from the Middle Paleolithic era, were first inhabited as a shelter in the Neolithic period. There are traces that people already lived here 55,000 years ago and a skeleton of a Neanderthal of about 40,000 years old has been discovered. People also lived there in the Iron Age, remains such as tools and an engraving of a Madonna from the Gallo-Roman era from the first century AD. In 976 it became a fortress to protect against the Normans. During the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) the fortress served as a fortress against the English. In the sixteenth century, the city and the fortress were occupied by the Protestant Huguenots. Finally in 1588, the Catholic French King Henry III ordered expulsion and the complete destruction of the structures and the fortifications.
Nowadays, reconstructions show what life must have been like in the fortress, such as the medieval construction site, forge, drum winch (a kind of winch), quarry, armory and a kitchen from the year 1000 of the fortress.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Saint-Christophe.
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The house of Mr. Roper.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Canon PowerShot G2) / #cave #rope - #RoqueSaintChristophe #abri / #History at #LaRoqueStChristophe #RoqueSaintChristophe in #PeyzacleMoustier, #Dordogne - #France
If done enough it's easy to do it, history didn't change that since the caveman.
Photo August 2002, La Roque Saint-Christophe (Abri) (Settlements, Neolithic period 55000BP- destruction 1588) after 57002 years in time.
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Roque Saint Christophe - La Roque Saint-Christophe (one of the 147 exceptional prehistoric UNESCO sites since 1979) is a large limestone rock with rock dwellings (abris sous-roche in French) along the river Vézère near Peyzac-le-Moustier in the Dordogne region. The cliff is one kilometer long and towers over the road below and the river Vézère at about a hundred meters. The rock has five terraces that were created on the one hand by the erosion of the river water 60 million years ago and on the other hand by the action of frost on the limestone during the ice ages of the Quaternary era.
The earliest dating is the Moustérien period, the caves, dating from the Middle Paleolithic era, were first inhabited as a shelter in the Neolithic period. There are traces that people already lived here 55,000 years ago and a skeleton of a Neanderthal of about 40,000 years old has been discovered. People also lived there in the Iron Age, remains such as tools and an engraving of a Madonna from the Gallo-Roman era from the first century AD. In 976 it became a fortress to protect against the Normans. During the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) the fortress served as a fortress against the English. In the sixteenth century, the city and the fortress were occupied by the Protestant Huguenots. Finally in 1588, the Catholic French King Henry III ordered expulsion and the complete destruction of the structures and the fortifications.
Nowadays, reconstructions show what life must have been like in the fortress, such as the medieval construction site, forge, drum winch (a kind of winch), quarry, armory and a kitchen from the year 1000 of the fortress.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Saint-Christophe.
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Prehistoric "abris sous roche".
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #limestone #cliff #dwelling - #abri #prehistory #UNESCO / #History at #LaRoqueStChristophe #RoqueSaintChristophe in #PeyzacleMoustier, #Dordogne - #France
Photo August 2013, La Roque Saint-Christophe (Abri) (Settlements, Neolithic period 55000BP- destruction 1588) after 57013 years in time.
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Roque Saint Christophe - La Roque Saint-Christophe (one of the 147 exceptional prehistoric UNESCO sites since 1979) is a large limestone rock with rock dwellings (abris sous-roche in French) along the river Vézère near Peyzac-le-Moustier in the Dordogne region. The cliff is one kilometer long and towers over the road below and the river Vézère at about a hundred meters. The rock has five terraces that were created on the one hand by the erosion of the river water 60 million years ago and on the other hand by the action of frost on the limestone during the ice ages of the Quaternary era.
The earliest dating is the Moustérien period, the caves, dating from the Middle Paleolithic era, were first inhabited as a shelter in the Neolithic period. There are traces that people already lived here 55,000 years ago and a skeleton of a Neanderthal of about 40,000 years old has been discovered. People also lived there in the Iron Age, remains such as tools and an engraving of a Madonna from the Gallo-Roman era from the first century AD. In 976 it became a fortress to protect against the Normans. During the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) the fortress served as a fortress against the English. In the sixteenth century, the city and the fortress were occupied by the Protestant Huguenots. Finally in 1588, the Catholic French King Henry III ordered expulsion and the complete destruction of the structures and the fortifications.
Nowadays, reconstructions show what life must have been like in the fortress, such as the medieval construction site, forge, drum winch (a kind of winch), quarry, armory and a kitchen from the year 1000 of the fortress.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Saint-Christophe.
Published at - Flickr
Prehistoric "abris sous roche".
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #limestone #cliff #dwelling - #abri #prehistory #UNESCO / #History at #LaRoqueStChristophe #RoqueSaintChristophe in #PeyzacleMoustier, #Dordogne - #France
Photo August 2013, La Roque Saint-Christophe (Abri) (Settlements, Neolithic period 55000BP- destruction 1588) after 57013 years in time.
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Roque Saint Christophe - La Roque Saint-Christophe (one of the 147 exceptional prehistoric UNESCO sites since 1979) is a large limestone rock with rock dwellings (abris sous-roche in French) along the river Vézère near Peyzac-le-Moustier in the Dordogne region. The cliff is one kilometer long and towers over the road below and the river Vézère at about a hundred meters. The rock has five terraces that were created on the one hand by the erosion of the river water 60 million years ago and on the other hand by the action of frost on the limestone during the ice ages of the Quaternary era.
The earliest dating is the Moustérien period, the caves, dating from the Middle Paleolithic era, were first inhabited as a shelter in the Neolithic period. There are traces that people already lived here 55,000 years ago and a skeleton of a Neanderthal of about 40,000 years old has been discovered. People also lived there in the Iron Age, remains such as tools and an engraving of a Madonna from the Gallo-Roman era from the first century AD. In 976 it became a fortress to protect against the Normans. During the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) the fortress served as a fortress against the English. In the sixteenth century, the city and the fortress were occupied by the Protestant Huguenots. Finally in 1588, the Catholic French King Henry III ordered expulsion and the complete destruction of the structures and the fortifications.
Nowadays, reconstructions show what life must have been like in the fortress, such as the medieval construction site, forge, drum winch (a kind of winch), quarry, armory and a kitchen from the year 1000 of the fortress.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Saint-Christophe.
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Structure replica's.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #construction - #RoqueSaintChristophe #abri / #Architecture at #LaRoqueStChristophe #RoqueSaintChristophe in #PeyzacleMoustier, #Dordogne - #France
Some nice replica's show how the houses were constructed. It even fits the old traces of construction.
Photo August 2013, La Roque Saint-Christophe (Abri) (Settlements, Neolithic period 55000BP- destruction 1588) after 57013 years in time.
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Roque Saint Christophe - La Roque Saint-Christophe (one of the 147 exceptional prehistoric UNESCO sites since 1979) is a large limestone rock with rock dwellings (abris sous-roche in French) along the river Vézère near Peyzac-le-Moustier in the Dordogne region. The cliff is one kilometer long and towers over the road below and the river Vézère at about a hundred meters. The rock has five terraces that were created on the one hand by the erosion of the river water 60 million years ago and on the other hand by the action of frost on the limestone during the ice ages of the Quaternary era.
The earliest dating is the Moustérien period, the caves, dating from the Middle Paleolithic era, were first inhabited as a shelter in the Neolithic period. There are traces that people already lived here 55,000 years ago and a skeleton of a Neanderthal of about 40,000 years old has been discovered. People also lived there in the Iron Age, remains such as tools and an engraving of a Madonna from the Gallo-Roman era from the first century AD. In 976 it became a fortress to protect against the Normans. During the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) the fortress served as a fortress against the English. In the sixteenth century, the city and the fortress were occupied by the Protestant Huguenots. Finally in 1588, the Catholic French King Henry III ordered expulsion and the complete destruction of the structures and the fortifications.
Nowadays, reconstructions show what life must have been like in the fortress, such as the medieval construction site, forge, drum winch (a kind of winch), quarry, armory and a kitchen from the year 1000 of the fortress.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Saint-Christophe.
Published at - Flickr
Structure replica's.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #construction - #RoqueSaintChristophe #abri / #Architecture at #LaRoqueStChristophe #RoqueSaintChristophe in #PeyzacleMoustier, #Dordogne - #France
Some nice replica's show how the houses were constructed. It even fits the old traces of construction.
Photo August 2013, La Roque Saint-Christophe (Abri) (Settlements, Neolithic period 55000BP- destruction 1588) after 57013 years in time.
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Roque Saint Christophe - La Roque Saint-Christophe (one of the 147 exceptional prehistoric UNESCO sites since 1979) is a large limestone rock with rock dwellings (abris sous-roche in French) along the river Vézère near Peyzac-le-Moustier in the Dordogne region. The cliff is one kilometer long and towers over the road below and the river Vézère at about a hundred meters. The rock has five terraces that were created on the one hand by the erosion of the river water 60 million years ago and on the other hand by the action of frost on the limestone during the ice ages of the Quaternary era.
The earliest dating is the Moustérien period, the caves, dating from the Middle Paleolithic era, were first inhabited as a shelter in the Neolithic period. There are traces that people already lived here 55,000 years ago and a skeleton of a Neanderthal of about 40,000 years old has been discovered. People also lived there in the Iron Age, remains such as tools and an engraving of a Madonna from the Gallo-Roman era from the first century AD. In 976 it became a fortress to protect against the Normans. During the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) the fortress served as a fortress against the English. In the sixteenth century, the city and the fortress were occupied by the Protestant Huguenots. Finally in 1588, the Catholic French King Henry III ordered expulsion and the complete destruction of the structures and the fortifications.
Nowadays, reconstructions show what life must have been like in the fortress, such as the medieval construction site, forge, drum winch (a kind of winch), quarry, armory and a kitchen from the year 1000 of the fortress.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Saint-Christophe.
Published at - Flickr