Web Directory

» Archaeological Guides of France: Great Archeological Sites
   Monographs published by the French Ministry of Culture on prehistoric or ancient sites or towns, or describing the ruins of a region. Abstracts online.
   http://www.culture.gouv.fr/anglais.htm

» Archaeologists Trace early Britons in Brittany
   The Oxford University Gazette reports that excavations at Le Yaudet under Profs. Barry Cunliffe and Patrick Galliou suggest that Britons fled there from the West Country.
   http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1997-8/weekly/111297/news/story_6.htm

» Britain and France in Dispute Over Cave Art
   From the Telegraph, British claim the French may have exaggerated their age by 18,000 years under official pressure to promote them as the oldest cave paintings in the world.
   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/1444305/Britain-and-France-in-dispute-over-cave-art.html

» Cave Reveals Spectacular Secrets
   From the BBC, French archaeologists find a cave in the Dordogne covered with drawings which they think are almost 30,000 years old.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1423021.stm

» Celtic Improvisations
   An illustrated art-historical analysis of coins of the Coriosolites of Brittany by John Hooker, based on the La Marquanderie hoard from Jersey. Maps of hoard discoveries and mint zones.
   http://www.writer2001.com/improvisations.htm

» Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave
   History of its discovery, and pictures of the finds, and the scientific research
   http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/index.html

» Cosquer Cave
   The French Ministry of Culture describes a Paleolithic art gallery in a cave that can be accessed only through a 175-meter tunnel beneath sea level. Photographs of the animal drawings and hand stencils that decorate it.
   http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/archeosm/en/fr-cosqu1.htm

» Dietler Discovers Statue in France that Reflects an Etruscan Influence
   From the Chronicle, life-sized statue of a warrior discovered in southern France reflects a stronger cultural influence for the Etruscan civilization throughout the western Mediterranean region than previously appreciated.
   http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/040219/statue.shtml

» European Archaeological Park of Bliesbruck/Reinheim
   A working group is reconstructing the development of the landscape after the ice-ages with the aid of archeological finds and soil and sediment analyses. The Park includes the Roman villa of Reinheim and the Roman city of Bliesbruck.
   http://www.uni-saarland.de/fak5/physgeo/Reinheim/GAe2.html

» Excavations at Colletière
   The French Ministry of Culture describes the 'farmer-knights' who settled c.1010 CE on the wooded shores of Paladru lake and the techniques that have uncovered the evidence for them.
   http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/charavines/en/index.htm

» France Cave Paintings & Rock Art Archive
   Provides photographs and information on the cave paintings of southern France.
   http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/france/

» French Project
   A multidisciplinary study of landscape evolution in Burgundy, France by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
   http://www.unc.edu/depts/anthro/french/

» Glozel
   Illustrated description of a grave dated 700-100 CE, containing clay tablets with signs on them suggestive of an alphabet.
   http://www.gerbeaud.com/glozel/gbintroduction.htm

» Lascaux Cave Paintings and Location
   Photographs and information on what may be the most beautiful Paleolithic painted cave in the world.
   http://www.mazzaroth.com/ChapterOne/LascauxCave.htm

» Prehistoric Cave of Foissac
   Provides photographs and information on the cave, its mineralogy and archeology.
   http://www.grotte-de-foissac.com/acceuilenglish.htm

» Roman Paris was not in Paris, but Nanterre
   From Expatica, historic Paris, the Gallic town of Lutetia captured by Julius Caesar in 52 BCE, lay not on the island in the centre of the modern French capital but in a suburb 10 kilometres to the west.
   http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=5092

» Saint-Denis: A Town of the Middle Ages
   Maps and 3D images, objects, a slide show, games, animations and educational materials reveal the city's portrait and its shape as it changed over time. Includes details of the town's archaeological unit and its work.
   http://www.saint-denis.culture.fr/

» The Cave of Lascaux
   The French Ministry of Culture provides a virtual tour of this famous Paleolithic cave with text links on its history and artwork.
   http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/00.xml/