Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Chilhac

Location

Auvergne

Country

France

Year of Research

1.8 million years ago

Culture

Chilhac is the name of a karst cave in the Massif Central region of Auvergne, France, with an early hominid or probably Homo erectus occupation.

Artifacts include a wide range of the animal remains and pebble industry assemblage of the choppers, cores, and flakes.

The faunal material dates to 1.8 million years ago, which is far too old for the pebble-industry tools generally considered around 800,000 years before the present , so there are still some questions for the site.