Abri de la Madeleine
La Madeleine rock shelter | |
| Alternative name | Magdalene rock shelter |
|---|---|
| Location | Near Tursac, Dordogne département |
| Region | Aquitaine région, southwestern France |
| Coordinates | 44°58′05″N 1°01′44″E / 44.96806°N 1.02889°E |
| History | |
| Periods | Upper Palaeolithic, |
| Cultures | Magdalenian |
| Associated with | European early modern humans |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1875 |
| Archaeologists | Édouard Lartet, Henry Christy |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i)(iii) |
| Designated | 1979 (3rd session) |
| Part of | Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley |
| Reference no. | 85bis-015 |
The archaeological site Abri de la Madeleine (Magdalene Shelter) is a rock shelter under an overhanging cliff situated near Tursac, in the Dordogne département of the Aquitaine région of southwestern France. It represents the type site of the Magdalenian culture of the Upper Paleolithic. The shelter was also occupied during the Middle Ages. The medieval castle of Petit Marsac stands on the top of the cliff just above the shelter.