Solutré-Pouilly
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Mâcon | |
| Canton | La Chapelle-de-Guinchay | |
| Community association | Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 18 ′ N , 4 ° 44 ′ E | |
| height | 208-530 m | |
| surface | 6.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 358 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 58 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 71960 | |
| INSEE code | 71526 | |
 Solutré seen from the Solutré rock |
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Solutré-Pouilly is a French municipality with 358 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté about ten kilometers west of Macon . It is known for the important finds from the Middle and Early Stone Age , the so-called Solutréen .
Solutré-Pouilly belongs to the communities Fuissé , Vergisson and Chaintré to the growing area of the well-known white wine Pouilly-Fuissé in the wine-growing region of Burgundy .
Solutré rock
At the foot of the rock of Solutré there was evidence of a settlement over five Stone Age periods. In addition, the findings of large quantities of animal bones are of great importance for research into Stone Age hunting methods.
The finds are exhibited in a prehistoric museum in Solutré. This museum was built underground so as not to disturb the overall impression of this breathtaking landscape and can only be reached through a small entrance. Nevertheless, the architects managed to establish a reference to the prehistoric site by integrating light and viewing shafts. The former French President François Mitterrand had made it a habit to hike up this rock once every year on Whit Monday and meet with his comrades from the Resistance .
The rock can be reached from the north on a relatively flat incline on a hiking trail without difficulty and drops steeply on three sides at the top.
literature
- Elaine Turner: Solutré - An archaeozoological analysis of the Magdalenian horizon. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Monographs, Volume 46, Verlag RGZM, 2002
- Ulrich Stodiek: Three Upper Palaeolithic reindeer antler mallets from Solutré. Saone-et-Loire, France. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, Vol. 20, 1990, pp. 363-371
