Noailles

The Grotte de Noailles, close to Brive, Corrèze, southwest France, which has given its name to a small multiple burin - an Upper Palaeolithic flake tool retouched to give several chisellike edges. The Noailles burin distinguishes a facies of the Upper Perigordian or Noaillian, dating to c 27,000 bp.

The Grotte de Noailles, close to Brive in Correze, southwest France, has given its name to a small multiple burin. The Noailles burin distinguishes a culture of considerable importance called Perigordian Vc or Noaillian, dating to c26,000-23,000 be.