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

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

Christine Desdemaines-Hugon ; foreword by Ian Tattersall

Yale University Press, c2010

  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index

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Well-written and eminently accessible, this book explores and celebrates the Upper Palaeolithic art of the Dordogne, admirably conveying the author's enthusiasm for her subject. Desdemaines-Hugon's text reads as a personalised guided tour to five famous sites, all of which are still open to the public: Font de Gaume, Combralles, Cap Blanc, Rouffignac and Bernifal. The descriptions are beautifully done, marrying the art with its setting, and portable and decorative arts are also covered, giving the reader a real feel for the sophistication of Cro-magnon culture, as well as insights as to its development.

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