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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven [Conn. : Yale University Press, (c)2010.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 222 pages, 30. pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300159066
Other title:
  • Journey through the Ice Age caves of the Dordogne
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • N5310 .S747 2010
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Contents:
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.
Subject: 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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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction N5310.5.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn841171167

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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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