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{ "type": "ExternalData", "service": "page", "title": "ROCEEH/Gravettian.map" } The Gravettian is an archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic that succeeded the Aurignacian circa 33,000 years BP. It is archaeologically the last European culture many consider unified, and had mostly disappeared by  22,000 BP, close to the Last Glacial Maximum, although some elements lasted until  17,000 BP. In modern-day Portugal, Spain and France, it was succeeded by the Solutrean and by the Epigravettian in Italy, the Balkans, Ukraine and Russia.

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Archaeological culture.region
Europe
Archaeological culture.name
Gravettian(33,000–22,000 BP)
Archaeological culture.mapsize
350
Archaeological culture.period
Upper Paleolithic
Archaeological culture.dates
33,000 to 21,000 BP
Archaeological culture.typesite
La Gravette
Archaeological culture.majorsites
Dordogne
Archaeological culture.extra
Venus figurines
Archaeological culture.precededby
Aurignacian
Archaeological culture.followedby
Solutrean, Epigravettian
Archaeological culture.definedby
Dorothy Garrod, 1938

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Gravettian
start time
33000-00-0
end time
22000-00-0
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Contents
  • Gravettian culture
  • Diet
  • Physical type
  • Hunting
  • Material culture
  • Animal remains
  • Textiles
  • Genetics
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • Note
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

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The Gravettian is an archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic that succeeded the Aurignacian circa 33,000 years BP. It is archaeologically the last European culture many consider unified, and had mostly disappeared by  22,000 BP, close to the Last Glacial Maximum, although some elements lasted until  17,000 BP. In modern-day Portugal, Spain and France, it was succeeded by the Solutrean and by the Epigravettian in Italy, the Balkans, Ukraine and Russia.

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