<P> Lascaux ( French : Grotte de Lascaux , `` Lascaux Cave '' ; English : / læsˈkoʊ / , French : ( lasko ) ) is the setting of a complex of caves near the village of Montignac , in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France . Over 600 parietal wall paintings decorate the interior walls and ceilings of the cave . The paintings are primarily of large animals , typical local and contemporary fauna that correspond with the fossil record of the Upper Paleolithic time . The drawings are the combined effort of many generations , and with continued debate , the paintings are estimated around 17,000 years BP . Lascaux was inducted into the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1979 , as element of the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley . </P>
<P> Lascaux ( French : Grotte de Lascaux , `` Lascaux Cave '' ; English : / læsˈkoʊ / , French : ( lasko ) ) is the setting of a complex of caves near the village of Montignac , in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France . Over 600 parietal wall paintings decorate the interior walls and ceilings of the cave . The paintings are primarily of large animals , typical local and contemporary fauna that correspond with the fossil record of the Upper Paleolithic time . The drawings are the combined effort of many generations , and with continued debate , the paintings are estimated around 17,000 years BP . Lascaux was inducted into the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1979 , as element of the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley . </P>
on the inside of the lascaux caves we see images of
on the inside of the lascaux caves we see images of
large animals , typical local and contemporary fauna that correspond with the fossil record of the Upper Paleolithic time
large animals , typical local and contemporary fauna that correspond with the fossil record of the Upper Paleolithic time