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Stepping-Stones: A Journey through the Ice Age Caves of the Dordogne

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The cave art of France’s Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and great thing about its remarkable drawings and paintings. These ancient images of energetic bison, horses, and mammoths, in addition to symbols of a wide variety, are fascinating touchstones in the development of human culture, demonstrating how far humankind has come and reminding us of the ties that bind us across the ages.

Over more than twenty-five years of teaching and research, Christine Desdemaines-Hugon has turn into 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 keep up a correspondence not only the incomparable artistic value of these works but also the near-spiritual affect of viewing them for oneself.

Focusing on five fascinating sites, including the famed Font de Gaume and others that still remain open to the public, Stepping-Stones reveals striking similarities between art forms of the Paleolithic and works of up to date artists and gives us a unique pathway toward understanding the culture of the Dordogne Paleolithic peoples and the way it still touches our lives nowadays.

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