Books and links: Webliography/Web references: Palaeolithic art

Many web sites can be found searching on this category ranging from site details, American university course material and publications to new age and avant garde items. Here are some of the better sites which I enjoyed:

www.culture.fr follow the instructions above and search on Pech Merle, Lascaux, Chauvet or Cosquer to reach links to various sites including the following:

www.quercy.net/pechmerle/actu.html : a good site about the painted cave of Pech Merle which is still open to the public. It includes a map showing the different painted galleries and allows you to explore them. With sections on the latest information and dating, as well as tourist information, this is user friendly site with a lot of fascinating material.

www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/ : information about the oldest known painted cave of Chauvet, discovered in 1991. Excellent pictures of some magnificent paintings, as well as news of the ongoing research.

www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ : moving the mouse across the black opening screen gives you a torch light view along one of the painted galleries of this great cave. Virtual tours allow you to explore some of the friezes panel by panel offering explanations to the scenes, outlining features it may be difficult to see and highlighting words with a glossary tag. Text panels provide background information. A good introduction to the cave which fails to do its magnificence justice.

www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/cosquer : a goodguide to a painted cave which can now only be entered underwater from the sea. The birds and animals shown in the paintings reflect the situation of the site on the Mediterranean coast.

www.subtlemoon.com/palaeo: an American site offering pictures of miniature or portable art objects and basic information about Palaeolithic art.

www.humanities-interactive.org/ancient : an American site offering pictures of miniature art objects and female figurines and some basic information about Palaeolithic art. Click or search on ice age for another section about life in the Ice Ages.

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