Cave Connection
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Christine Desdemaines-Hugon has been giving tours of the Ice Age caves of the Dordogne (France) for over 30 years now. She is an accomplished archaeologist specialized in the art of the Palaeolithic, and her lectures on the various cultural phases of this vast period furthermore bring to life the living conditions of those times: climate, tools, weapons, art objects, body ornament, habitations, and more.
The Dordogne is world-famous for its cave art. It is here that there is the greatest density of art sites, particularly in the Vézère Valley, around the small town of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac. This is also where there is an uninterrupted 350 000 years-long sequence of prestigious excavation sites the names of which have been given to long cultural epochs.
Most visitors will have heard about the famous Lascaux cave, now closed to the public and of which an excellent copy has been made. Few realise however that there are authentic caves still open, but for how long? These are Christine’s priority, despite the fact that visits for most of them have strict time schedules and a limited number of entries. It’s hard to get into these very special caves, but well worth the effort!
Christine Desdemaines-Hugon has been giving tours of the Ice Age caves of the Dordogne (France) for over 30 years now. She is an accomplished archaeologist specialized in the art of the Palaeolithic, and her lectures on the various cultural phases of this vast period furthermore bring to life the living conditions of those times: climate, tools, weapons, art objects, body ornament, habitations, and more.
The Dordogne is world-famous for its cave art. It is here that there is the greatest density of art sites, particularly in the Vézère Valley, around the small town of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac. This is also where there is an uninterrupted 350 000 years-long sequence of prestigious excavation sites the names of which have been given to long cultural epochs.
Most visitors will have heard about the famous Lascaux cave, now closed to the public and of which an excellent copy has been made. Few realise however that there are authentic caves still open, but for how long? These are Christine’s priority, despite the fact that visits for most of them have strict time schedules and a limited number of entries. It’s hard to get into these very special caves, but well worth the effort!