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The Abri Peyrony,
or Haut de Combe-Capelle, is a south-facing rockshelter located along the same cliff face
as the Roc de Combe-Capelle but approximately 50 m to the east. It was excavated by
Peyrony in 1925. The archaeological deposits, which were not very thick, were situated on
two terraces of bedrock. Based both on Peyrony's description and testing carried out in
1990 there appear to be two levels. The upper level is composed of brownish-red sediments
which recall the sediments of the plateau immediately above this locale, while the lower
level is composed of grayish concreted sediments.
The rich and highly patinated industry recovered by
Peyrony (including many of the pieces that he had originally left in his backdirt and
which were later recovered by Paul Fitte), is clearly attributable to the Mousterian
of Acheulian Tradition, containing numerous small cordiform bifaces, scrapers,
denticulates/notches, and Levallois flakes. Our own testing of the site suggests that
little remains of the locale, although a significant area immediately adjacent to the
cliff has been covered by an enormous amount of debris from the limestone quarry located
on the plateau.

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