The Solutrean / səˈljuːtriən / industry is a relatively advanced flint tool-making style of the Upper Paleolithic of the Final Gravettian, from around 22,000 to 17,000 BP. Solutrean sites have been …

Solutrean industry, short-lived style of toolmaking that flourished approximately 17,000 to 21,000 years ago in southwestern France (e.g., at Laugerie-Haute and La Solutré) and in nearby areas. The …

The 'Solutreans' were an ancient people who lived in what is today Spain, Portugal and southern France during the last Ice Age over twenty thousand years ago. According to the cave art they left...

According to the Solutrean hypothesis, people of the European Solutrean culture, 21,000 to 17,000 years ago migrated to North America by boat along the pack ice of the North Atlantic Ocean.

A culture circumscribed in time (26,500-23,000 years ago) and space (from the Paris basin to Portugal), Solutrean takes its name from the site of Solutré (Saône-et-Loire). This culture, subdivided into four …

Jun 7, 2023 · Here is how the evidence has been broken down. The original Solutrean culture originates from the region which includes present-day France, Portugal, and Spain, and flourished around …

In prehistoric art, the term "Solutrean" denotes a period of late Upper Paleolithic art and culture, named after the type-site of Solutre, in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.

Proponents of the Solutrean hypothesis argue that the stone tools found in North America, particularly those associated with the Clovis culture (around 13,000 years ago), show striking similarities to …

Aug 9, 2025 · The Solutrean nation traces its traditions to an age when the sea froze in the north and the wind carved stone sharper than any blade. Legends claim the first Solutrean rulers emerged from …

As a successor to the Gravettian culture, the Solutrean stone-working technique first appears in the Dordogne region of France. How it gets there is somewhat disputed by scholars. Most of the …