domingo, 26 de mayo de 2013

IoA Rock Art Fieldtrip - Dordogne 2013

A group of Institute students has recently returned from the Dordogne where they gained unprecedented access to Palaeolithic decorated cave sites.

Didier Bouakaze-Khan organised a Rock Art field trip to Dordogne for the second consecutive year in conjunction with his Masters courses on World Rock Art: from Palaeolithic to Present and Rock Art Studies: Theories, Methods and Management.

The group, lead by Didier, was accompanied by the Institute's Director, Stephen Shennan and three students taking the MA course on Rock Art Studies, Ethan White, Kate Sinha and Ginger Drage.

Maria Guagnin (Edinburgh University), who also teaches Saharan Rock Art on Didier’s course, accompanied the group as well as Peter Robinson (Bradshaw Foundation). The group was hosted by Prof Jean-Michel Geneste and his team at the Centre National de Prehistoire in Les Eyzies de Tayac, from 12-19 May. [...] ucl.ac.uk/

Link 2: The Decorated Caves of the Dordogne



This month I was invited to join the Dordogne Rock Art Field Trip in France to view the decorated caves, organised by Dr Didier Bouakaze-Khan, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of MA Rock Art Studies courses at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL). The Field trip was arranged in conjunction with Centre National de Prehistoire (CNP) and...

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