Sites & cities that bear the name of Font-de-Gaume

Font-de-Gaume

Today in : France
First trace of activity : ca. 25,000 B.C.E
Last trace of activity : ca. 17,000 B.C.E

Description : Font-de-Gaume is a cave near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne départment of south-west France. The cave contains prehistoric polychrome cave paintings and engravings dating to the Magdalenian period. Discovered in 1901, more than 200 images have been identified in Font-de-Gaume.

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