Stepping-stones
Subtitle: a journey through the Ice Age caves of the Dordogne
By: Christine Desdemaines-Hugon ; foreword by Ian Tattersall
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780300152661
Other titles: Journey through the Ice Age caves of the Dordogne
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Freshly plowed fields in the Vézère Valley; title: Font de Gaume; title: Millions of years ago; title: Neanderthals and Homo sapiens; title: Combarelles; title: Venus figures, blades, beads, and bone; title: Rouffignac; title: Laurel leaves and needles; title: Cap Blanc; title: Art at its peak; title: Bernifal.