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

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Desdemaines-Hugon, Christine, 1946- [author.]

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780300159066
0300159064

Other title:

Journey through the Ice Age caves of the Dordogne

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Stepping-stones.DDC classification:

709.01/12094472 22

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N5310.5.F7 D47 2010eb

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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.

Summary: 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 experience." Her keen insights communicate not only the incomparable artistic value of these works but also the near-spiritual impact of viewing them for oneself.-publisher description

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 experience." Her keen insights communicate not only the incomparable artistic value of these works but also the near-spiritual impact of viewing them for oneself.-publisher description

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