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The Préhistoparc


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The Préhisto-parc is situated in Tursac in Périgord Noir in the south-east of the Dordogne Département. You can also visit Sarlat, 15 km away, an exceptionally attractive town. The Lascaux caves are 20 km away. There is also a website in english

Asia outside a recreation of a Mamutoi lodge


Asia outside a recreation of a Mamutoi lodge, Prehistoparc, Tursac

Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001
Asia and Utika having a go with spearthrowers, Prehistoparc at Tursac. The spears are fletched with feathers like a large arrow.

Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001

Asia and Utika having a go with spearthrowers, Prehistoparc at Tursac




Preparing to spear a mammoth in a pit trap (prehistoparc, Tursac)
Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001

Preparing to spear a mammoth (prehistoparc, Tursac)




Butchering the deer (prehistoparc, Tursac)


Butchering the deer (prehistoparc, Tursac)
Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001



hunting megaceros (prehistoparc, Tursac)

Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001

hunting megaceros (prehistoparc, Tursac)




Jondalar with his spear thrower (prehistoparc, Tursac)


Jondalar with his spear thrower (prehistoparc, Tursac)
Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001



Returning from the hunt (prehistoparc, Tursac)
Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001

Returning from the hunt 
(prehistoparc, Tursac)




Meeting of the Shamans (prehistoparc, Tursac)


Meeting of the Shamans (prehistoparc, Tursac)

Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001



The burial (prehistoparc, Tursac)

Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001
The burial (prehistoparc, Tursac)




Mammoth hunt using a pit trap (prehistoparc, Tursac)


Mammoth hunt using a pit trap (prehistoparc, Tursac)

Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001


Wooly Rhinoceros (prehistoparc, Tursac)

Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001
Wooly Rhinoceros (prehistoparc, Tursac)




Replicas of a Wooly Rhinoceros and baby at Thonac Park

Photo: Sharon Rogers/walkhound 2001
Replicas of a Wooly Rhinoceros and baby at Thonac Park








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