Stepping-stones [electronic resource] : a journey through the Ice Age caves of the Dordogne / Christine Desdemaines-Hugon ; foreword by Ian Tattersall.

Over more than twenty-five years of teaching and research, Christine Desdemaines-Hugon has become an unrivaled expert in the cave art and artists of the Dordogne region. In her new book she combines her expertise in both art and archaeology to convey an intimate understanding of the "cave exper...

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Main Author: Desdemaines-Hugon, Christine, 1946- (Author)
Other title:Journey through the Ice Age caves of the Dordogne.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Freshly plowed fields in the Vézère Valley
  • Font de Gaume
  • Millions of years ago
  • Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
  • Combarelles
  • Venus figures, blades, beads, and bone
  • Rouffignac
  • Laurel leaves and needles
  • Cap Blanc
  • Art at its peak
  • Bernifal.