International audienceAs partof the “Projet Datation Grottes Ornées”, some new 14C AMS dating have been obtained from bones and charcoals samples comingfrom the archaeological deposits of three Palaeolithic rock art caves situated along the Ardèche river in southern France (Oulen, Chabot,Tête-du-Lion). As expected, all the results pertain to the Solutrean period, between 18000 and 22000BP (22000 – 27500calBP).They are coherent with the dates obtained previously and/or with the archaeological context. Their chronological relationship with theproduction of rock art is discussed here in details as well as the relevance and reliability of the link of contemporaneity created between(a) the archaeological deposit and (b) the production of rock ar...