Brassempouy

A series of early Upper Palaeolithic deposits in southwest France near Brassempouy, famous for carved ivories and broken statuettes of Venus or "Lady". These statues are thought to be the work of Cro-Magnon artists.

The Grotte du Pape near Brassempouy in the Landes, southwest France, had a long series of early Upper Palaeolithic deposits, but the early excavations by Piette do not enable the exact sequence to be reconstructed. The site is famous for a series of carved ivories, broken statuettes of the ‘venus’ (see venus figurines) type and a head with some facial features.