Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil

French commune
nomcommune=Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
région=Aquitaine
département=Dordogne
arrondissement=Sarlat-la-Canéda
canton=Saint-Cyprien
insee=24172
cp=24620
maire=Philippe Lagarde
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Terre de Cro-Magnon
longitude=1.01805
latitude=44.936
alt moy=74 m
alt mini=55
alt maxi=245 m
hectares=3744
km²=37.44
sans=909
date-sans=1999
dens=24
date-dens=1999

Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

History

In March 1868, the geologist Louis Lartet, financed by Henry Christy, discovered the first five skeletons of Cro-Magnons, the earliest known examples of "Homo sapiens sapiens", in the Cro-Magnon rock shelter at Les Eyzies-de-Tayac. These skeletons included a fetus, and the skulls found were remarkably modern-looking and much rounder than the earlier Neanderthal.

The Dordogne is split into four areas: the Périgord Vert (green), the Périgord Blanc (white), the Périgord Pourpre (purple), and the Périgord Noir (black). Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil lies in the Périgord Noir area.

ee also

* Font de Gaume
* Château de Commarque
*Communes of the Dordogne department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."

External links

* [http://www.leseyzies.com/ Tourist office website]
* [http://www.arachnis.asso.fr/DORDOGNE/REVUE/prehi/muserev1.htm/ National Museum of Prehistory]
* [http://www.grandroc.com/default_uk.htm/ Caves in Les Eyzies]