Villars Cave
Grotte de Villars | |
Petit Cheval Bleu | |
| Alternative name | Grotte du Cluzeau |
|---|---|
| Location | Villars, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
| Coordinates | 45°26′32.1″N 0°47′6.6″E / 45.442250°N 0.785167°E |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 18,000 years ago |
| Abandoned | c. 17,000 years ago |
| Periods | late Upper Paleolithic |
| Cultures | Magdalenian |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | December 1953 |
The Villars Cave, in French Grotte de Villars or Grotte du Cluzeau, was occupied during the Lower Magdalenian by Cro-Magnon hunter-gatherers. The cave is part of the French commune of Villars in the northern Dordogne département. Besides its enormous wealth in beautiful stalactites, stalagmites and similar calcite deposits it contains cave paintings and some engravings. The Villars Cave and the Rouffignac Cave are the biggest known cave systems in the Dordogne.