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An Archaeological Study Tour
Caves & CastlesNorthern Spain & Southern France
Sept 6-20, 2015
Introducing ‘Caves’ 2015
Roy Larick, Lecturer
15 Days
Caves/Castles route
Franco-Iberia cave landscape,
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the natural and cultural foundation for SW France and NE Spain.
Cave landscapes
Caves/Castles terrains
Four tour terrains
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150 Ma 60 Ma 20 Ma
150 Ma, Iberia was an island mini-continent lying between Africa and Eurasia.
Africa was pushing northeast. Iberia was forced to collide with “France.”
Franco-Iberia was born. Spend two weeks amidst collision ...
Franco-Iberia
The story begins with …
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Rocamadour
Summits
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Dordogne Valley
Valleys
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El Pindal
Shorelines
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Bizkaia
The cave landscape emerged as sea bottoms became limestone highlands …
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El MironMas d’Azil
… and caves grew within.
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The caves are a world of their own—many have great beauty.
In some, Franco-Iberia’s early humans found life-sustaining resources.
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Sahara1.5 Ma, Africa was drying and early humans were leaving.
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Earliest hominins in southwest Eurasia
Homo antecessor
The species are still mysterious.
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Gibraltar
In crossing Gibraltar, the emigrants found Ice Age Franco-Iberia to be moist and full of game.
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Atapuerca
Caves provided natural game traps and, sometimes, living spaces.
We see the archaeological debris.
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full-glacial Cantabria
To keep fit, large mammals, humans included, kept moving during much of the year.
As climates changed, entirely new territories could be adopted.
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Migration routes
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Les Eyzies
Caves and Castles follows ancient ways.
Franco-Iberia was therefore crisscrossed with migration routes.
Atapuerca, Sima de los Huesos:H. heidelbergensis burial site.
Sima de los Huesos:H. heidelbergensis burial group structure (29 individuals).
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Early hominins such as Homo heidelbergensis and Homo neanderthalensis used caves in special ways. The evidence is surprising and, as yet, difficult to understand.
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Forty thousand years ago, a new hominin, Homo sapiens, arrived from Africa.
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Modern humans made good use of the cave landscape. They took to the old pathways and, eventually, took over the caves.
For Homo sapiens, caves became places of deep meaning.
We recognize the symbols but still struggle to comprehend intent.
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Lascaux
We visit all decorated caves ...
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Rouffignac
… open to the public.
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Beynac
Just a thousand years ago, feudal lords built castles upon the cave cliff faces.
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Beynac New kinds of special places. wikimedia.org
The old pathways became the routes for medieval crusades and pilgrimages.
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Caves and Castles covers four pilgrimage trail segments.
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La Rioja
Cantabriathe grill and La Rioja.
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Bizkaia
Basque seaside, tapas and celtic cider.
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Jurançon
Pyrenean foothillsMediterranean influence; wines of Jurançon.
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Quercy
AquitaineDuck and the wines of Cahors and Bergerac.
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Château de Mercuès
A night at the Château de Mercuès
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Pech-Merle
Caves and Castles visits core monuments to human evolution.
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Pech-Merle Heinrich Wendel (© The Wendel Collection, Neanderthal Museum)
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© 2015 Bluestone Heights
An Archaeological Study Tour
Caves & CastlesNorthern Spain & Southern France
Sept 6-20, 2015
I look forward to meeting you on ‘Caves’ 2015
Roy Larick, Lecturer
15 Days
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