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ESHE 12 Field Trip to Abri Pataud: photos

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So, here are a few snaps taken from the European Society for Human Evolution 's post-meeting outing to the caves and rock shelters of the Dordogne. I took the trip to the Upper Palaeolithic rock shelter site of Abri Pataud ... it's right down the road from the charming Cro-Magnon hotel, and a few paces away from the impressive Musée National de Préhistoire . The site is very impressive... level after level of rocks, rocks, and archaeology hidden amongst the rocks! I think I see now why I never wanted to dig a seriously early site--you have to be very exacting, I think. Just check out this set-up: No doubt worth it when you find something like this lovely 'venus' carved into the rock: The tour was followed by a drinks reception in the Museum, and the chance to wander around looking at the excellent collection of sharp pointy things and old dead things they have accumulated. Every so often, you come around a corner and see a pretty bit of shell bead or so

#ESHE12 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Human Evolution Sep 21-23, Bordeaux

So, here we have it: the epic Storify of collected tweets and retweets from #ESHE12. It was a great conference, looking forward to Vienna next year! Thanks everyone for following along, commenting, and generally being amusing during the longer lithics papers :) [ View the story "Eshe 2012" on Storify ]