Maroo of the Winter Caves takes place near the end of the ice age (over 10,000 years ago) during the paleolithic era prior to the agricultural revolution in an area known today as Massif Central and Maritime Alps in France. The ocean they travel to is the Mediterranean Sea. The "semi-nomadic" people set lived in various locations depending on the weather and location of migrating deer. Archaeologists refer to this specific group at the "Madeleine" people.