Grotte de Mayrière supérieure | |
Alternative name | Upper Mayriere Cave |
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Location | near Bruniquel |
Region | Occitanie, France |
Coordinates | 44°2′22″N 1°41′3″E / 44.03944°N 1.68417°E |
The Cave of Mayrières supérieure ( French: Grotte de Mayrières supérieure, English: Upper Mayriere Cave) is an archaeological site near Bruniquel, Tarn-et-Garonne, France, which contained two prehistoric cave paintings of bison until they were erased during an attempt to remove modern graffiti by members of the Eclaireurs de France, a French scouting association. [1] [2] The act earned them the 1992 Ig Nobel Prize in Archaeology. [3]
Grotte de Mayrière supérieure | |
Alternative name | Upper Mayriere Cave |
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Location | near Bruniquel |
Region | Occitanie, France |
Coordinates | 44°2′22″N 1°41′3″E / 44.03944°N 1.68417°E |
The Cave of Mayrières supérieure ( French: Grotte de Mayrières supérieure, English: Upper Mayriere Cave) is an archaeological site near Bruniquel, Tarn-et-Garonne, France, which contained two prehistoric cave paintings of bison until they were erased during an attempt to remove modern graffiti by members of the Eclaireurs de France, a French scouting association. [1] [2] The act earned them the 1992 Ig Nobel Prize in Archaeology. [3]