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Abri Pendimoun, gisement préhistorique

Castellar, Alpes-Maritimes, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'abri (cad. D 82) : inscription par arrêté du 21 mai 2007
Protection dates
2007/05/21 : inscrit MH
Type
site archéologique, abri sous roche
Main period of construction
Paléolithique, Néolithique
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Castellar
Département
Alpes-Maritimes
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Coordinates
43.81228, 7.50616
Mérimée reference
PA06000028

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1690 map "Il Corso del Fiume Rodano" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'abri s'ouvre à 690m d'altitude. Fouillé par L. Barral en 1955-1956, puis par D. Binder, cet abri a été occupé presque en continue de l'épipaléolithique au néolithique final. Outre de nombreuses structures d'habitat (fosses, foyers, rejets) , trois nouvelles sépultures à inhumation ont été découvertes dans les niveaux du néolithique ancien. Le site a permis de mettre en évidence la succession des deux principaux aspects du complexe de la céramique imprimée de Méditerranée centro-occidentale qui assurent la diffusion de l'agropastoralisme.

English translation

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The shelter opens at 690m altitude. Excavated by L. Barral in 1955-1956, then by D. Binder, this shelter was occupied almost continuously from the Epipalaeolithic to the final Neolithic. In addition to numerous settlement structures (pits, hearths, deposits), three new inhumation burials were discovered in the levels of the Early Neolithic. The site made it possible to demonstrate the succession of the two principal aspects of the Impressed Ware complex of the central-western Mediterranean which ensured the diffusion of agro-pastoralism.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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