La Rochette
Also known as Rocheta
commune in Charente, France
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Place details
- Locality
- La Rochette
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 530
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Key facts
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La Rochette ( French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃɛt] ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
In 2016, an ancient hunter-gatherer that was excavated at La Rochette was found to carry the mtDNA haplogroup M. The Late Pleistocene specimen was dated to 28,000 years ago.