THE THOT

The animals in the Park, recall species living in wild state in our regions during- the Superior Palaeolithic and for some, represented extensively in the art - of the living animals as reindeers, bisons of Europe, aurochses ", horses of Przewalski, horses tarponses, ibexes, and deer - extinct species reconstitutions, as the mammoth or the woolly " rhinoceros ".
The museum presents a large panorama of the franco-cuntabrique art: techniques, themes, the lighting, the approach of the underground, its exploitation by the man... Two educational spaces are accessible on booking. The «parietal «art module proposes to initiate to prehistoric artist techniques with the help of natural stains on a support replicating a rocky partition. The «module of excavations " permits to simulate an archaeological sense of wonder in the foot of one under-rock shelter and to understand, through the reading of a stratigraphic cut, the principle of layer stacking during the time. Otherwise, a movie and an exhibition present different stages of the realization of LASCAUX II. The permanent evolution of manufacture techniques of the jib-similés is illustrated by 4 major panels not reproduced in LASCAUX II: " Stage of the well ", " frieze of Deer ", " Cow, crotchet and frieze of horses "," back to back bisons". They will present the means used to preserve our heritage currently while presenting it to the big public
Reconstitutions of stages of the prehistoric daily life are also visible. This Center is to discover in priority, because it prepares to the visit of many prehistoric sites of the Périgord.