Stepping-stones : a journey through the Ice Age caves of the Dordogne /

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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Desdemaines-Hugon, Christine, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Art, Prehistoric > France > Dordogne.
Cave paintings > France > Dordogne.
Art préhistorique > France > Dordogne.
ART > History > Prehistoric & Primitive.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Art, Prehistoric.
Cave paintings.
France > Dordogne.
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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