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Jean Clottes

French archaeologist
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  • Le Pont d'Arc
    Chauvet–Pont d’Arc
    / Discovery of the site

    …Ministry of Culture, French archaeologist Jean Clottes visited the cave and applied his scientific expertise to assess the nature and quality of the discovery. The following February he took tiny samples of charcoal from the ground, from torch marks on the walls, and from a few drawings in order to…

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    …Ministry of Culture, French archaeologist Jean Clottes visited the cave and applied his scientific expertise to assess the nature and quality of the discovery. The following February he took tiny samples of charcoal from the ground, from torch marks on the walls, and from a few drawings in order to…

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