5-20 July 2004
- Itinerary
- Paleolithic art
- Perigord
official
- index of sites
- The Grotte de Font-de-Gaume -- see images --
is famous for its cave paintings from the Magdalénien period. It
is entrance is 20 m above the valley floor of the Beune valley, at the
lower edege of a huge limestone rock. There are many polychrome
paintings and some engravings. The dominant motive are bisons. The 240
figures show 80 bisons, 40 mammoths, 23 horses. 1km from the centre of
Eyzies on the left side of the Beune valley. Open: Thu-Tue 9-12
14-18, reservations required, tel. 5-5306-8600.
- Combarelles is right down the road from Font-de-Gaume
(within walking distance).
- Between Font-de-Gaume and Montignac is La Roque
St-Christophe, one of the best prehistoric sites in the region. There
is also Le Village Troglodytique de la Madeleine.
- Saint-Cirq et Bara Bahau au Bugue. Musée national de la Préhistoire, abri Pataud, Font de Gaume, la Madeleine, la Roque St. Christophe, Gorges d'Enfer, Laugerie Haute, Combarelles, Bernifal, et Cap Blanc aux Eyzies. Lascaux II et Regourdou à Montignac. Grotte des Mammouths à Rouffignac
- Clottes overview
- Paleopsychology
