"My wife, Sue, and I were dining at the Auberge de Castel-Merle, a small bhotel/b atop a limestone knob that once held a castle of the Knights Templar ? and the base we had chosen for the first few days of our trip. The auberge overlooks the Véz?re and the tiny medieval village of bSergeac/b in a landscape that harbors hundreds of caves and overhanging rock shelters. Within them are the prehistoric creations for which the Dordogne is known: paintings and engravings of bison, ...
we visited rené castanet?s family digs and museum at bsergeac/b (castel-merle). there we saw our first paleolithic cave drawings, and talked to an nyu professor who was busily engaged in his summer dig. the drawings in the cave were ...
