Les Eyzies

Village near the center of the Dordogne, southwest France, the site of many Palaeolithic cave and rock shelter sites left by prehistoric man in the limestone zone called the Perigord. The chateau and National Museum contain many important finds and underneath it there is a small Magdalenian and Azilian site, Grotte des Eyzies.

This village on the Vezere River near the centre of the Dordogne, southwest France, is a natural centre of the rich sites left by prehistoric man in the limestone zone called the Perigord. The chateau and National Museum contains many important finds and underneath it there is a small Magdalenian site, Grotte des Eyzies. See also Cromag-non, Font de gaume, La Madeleine, Laussel, Laugerie, Les Combarelles.