Editions Sud Ouest

The Périgord, now the département of Dordogne, has been referred to as the “Land of Mankind”. Its official emblem is one of the splendid wild oxen heads from the cave in Lascaux. It was in Périgord that the very first archaeological research was carried out, c. 1810, well before the official recognition of the “antediluvian” or prehistoric period.

With several hundred settlements, over fifty caves and rock shelters decorated with cave paintings, and dozens of megaliths, this region is internationally famous and the Vézère Valley has now been included by UNESCO in its World Heritage list.

This book describes the most outstanding and most unusual aspects of the area.

Alain ROUSSOT

Alain Roussot, Honorary Curator-in-Chief of Heritage, has written countless works on prehistory over the past forty years, especially works on prehistoric art.