Tautavel, the European capital of pre-history will take you on a quest for your origins. The museum and the new exhibition hall have multimedia displays, natural reconstructions, multilingual audiovisuals and archaeological rooms which will transport you to the exciting world of pre-history.

 

The site of Tautavel Cave (also called Caune de l'Arago) is an ancient cave in the Tautavel valley of France with over 35 feet of deposits containing over 40 very old stratified occupations, dated between 450,000 and 100,000 years before today. Stone tools and faunal remains have been found in abundance. The oldest layer include several bone and bone fragments of several individuals of the so-called Tautavel Man, called Homo erectus tautavelensis. Archaeologist Henry de Lumley of the Institut de Paléontologie Humaine has been excavating the cave since 1964 and continues research today.

The museum presents collections of prehistoric archaeological resources with exceptional museum of modern distant past that becomes comprehensible to all audiences.

 

Audio tours in six languages can be purchased (French, Catalan, English, German, Dutch and Spanish) providing clear analysis and teaching.

 

Life-size imitations...

(Source: www.tautavel.com & www.450000ans.com)