Saint-Acheul Archaeological Garden

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The Archaeological Garden of Saint-Acheul ( French Jardin archéologique de Saint Acheul ) is located in the "Rue Raymond Gourdain" in Amiens in the French region of Hauts-de-France . While observing the gravel mining of gravel from the Somme , the hobby researcher Jacques Boucher de Perthes (1788–1868) discovered the first hand axes in 1838 , but it was only around 20 years later that the scientific community accepted them as evidence of the existence of Ice Age man. The layers leading to the found were later scientifically dated to an age between about 200,000 and 160,000 years. Gabriel de Mortillet named the archaeological culture of the Acheuléen after these finds when he set up the Musée des Antiquités Nationales (publication 1869).

Tool of the Acheuleans

The Archaeological Garden shows the life of the Somme residents for around 450,000 years, which corresponds to the age of the basal part of the layer sequence with the oldest human artifacts . The stratigraphic sequence is described on the 23 m wide geological show profile . There is also a nature trail with various information boards on geology, the climate and the Ice Age flora and fauna. A 19 m high observation tower allows a view over the Somme valley. The team of the Archaeological Garden shows visitors the prehistoric method of lighting a fire and the technique of working flint.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 39.5 "  N , 2 ° 19 ′ 48"  E