Gargas

After this we reach the Hall of Crevices, 80 feet square, and this leads to the great Hall of Gargas, which is about 328 feet in length by 80, 98, and 105 in width.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 Various

Many hand images in the French Gargas-Tibran cave complex and Cosquer and in Maltravieso Cave in Spain appear to have missing fingers or other malformations.

The Chicago Blog: February 2006 Archives 2006

Many hand images in the French Gargas-Tibran cave complex and Cosquer and in Maltravieso Cave in Spain appear to have missing fingers or other malformations.

The Chicago Blog: Paleolithic handprints 2006

Gargas grotto, and had the satisfaction of finding a fissure that ended in the cave, and that probably was wider at the epoch at which the place served as a lair for the bear and hyena.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 Various

Upon following the direction of the great crevices, we reach a small chamber, wherein are found the Oubliettes of Gargas -- a vertical well

Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 Various

Oubliettes of Gargas are obstructed with the clay that it was impossible to carry elsewhere.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 Various

The grotto of Gargas is located in Mount Tibiran about three hundred yards above the level of the valley, and about two miles southeast of the village of Aventignan.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 Various

At Gargas, near Montzéjeau, in Hautes Pyrenées, is a prehistoric cavern of considerable extent.

Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe 1879

There is no evidence that the naked prehistoric men who had inhabited the cave of Gargas were cannibals.

Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe 1879

* Jane Gargas can be reached at 509-577-7690 or jgargas@yakimaherald.com.

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