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News from Cosquer Cave: climatic studies, recording, sampling, dates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jean Clottes ,
Jean Courtin ,
Jacques Collina-Girard ,
Maurice Arnold  and
Hélène Valladas
Jean Clottes
Affiliation:
CAR, 11 rue du Fourcat, 09000 Foix, France
Jean Courtin
Affiliation:
100 Bd de la Libération, 13004 Marseille, France
Jacques Collina-Girard
Affiliation:
URA 164 du CNRS, Luminy, Case 907, 13288 Marseille Cédex 9, France
Maurice Arnold
Affiliation:
Centre de Faibles Radioactivités, Laboratoire mixte CNRS-CEA, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Hélène Valladas
Affiliation:
Centre de Faibles Radioactivités, Laboratoire mixte CNRS-CEA, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Further work inside the Grotte Cosquer, the Palaeolithic painted cave near Marseilles only accessible by a deep-water dive, improves our knowledge and makes it clear there can be no artificial entrance made to create a dry-land access.

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Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 272 , June 1997 , pp. 321 - 326
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997

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