a small area of the site was initially investigated by m. tabanou in 1896, a teacher who died of a landslide at the badegoule rock shelter shortly thereafter. denis peyrony and louis capitan explored the site in 1905, 1907 and 1912; peyrony in 1934, henri delporte in 1969 and 1984, and delporte with tuffreau in 1984.