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Inside the teepee

Teepee's assembly

Continuation of the prehistoric techniques course of the Kepinski clan. For this act, the whole clan followed in the traces of prehistoric man on the shores of the Haut Allier in order to learn how to make stone tools.

Flint knife

Does it cut?

Does it cut? A question that often comes up... Here is our video report of cutting meat with a flint knife.

The cave seen from the outside ©️ Patrick Aventurier 2015

Visit of the Pont d'Arc cave

We went to visit the clan of the Pont d'Arc Cave. Seen from the outside, the cave site is beautifully camouflaged by the vegetation and topography of the site...

a ember by percussion

Family course: Fire - Part 1

Continuation of our Paleo course played by the whole Kepinski clan! Today I taught them the techniques of fire obtaining. My trainees are 7, 12, 15, and 40 years old. It's a very good age group, showing especially that everyone can make their own prehistoric fire.

The basalt cliff of Prades

Family course: Flintknapping - Part 1

Continuation of the prehistoric techniques course of the Kepinski clan. For this act, the whole clan followed in the traces of prehistoric man on the shores of the Haut Allier in order to learn how to make stone tools.

The deer skin is unfolded

Brain tanning of the skin - Part 2: Working with brain on deer skin

Continuation of our article on brain tanning...

Skin scrape on the hair side

Brain tanning of the skin - Part 1: Working of deer skin or scraping

We know nothing about the work of prehistoric man in the Paleolithic period. It was not until the Neolithic and Otzi to have the first information on skin work and more particularly skin tanning.

The house finished

Disappeared for 8 years

You may have asked yourself this great question: where has the Kepinski family gone? We simply built our own house. This article traces our work from beginning to end.

Ötzi style knives

Stylish knives

For many years, we have wanted a small knife, practical in size, at a mini price, with the same patina and finish as our most expensive pieces.

Book cover of the illustrated encyclopedia of prehistoric man

The illustrated encyclopedia of prehistoric man

I bought this book in Les Eyzies de Tayac ( Dordogne - France ), at the beginning of the 2000s for 22€. It is in very poor condition, but I don't mind. I still give it a score of 10/10 because this book, which comes from Czechoslovakia, speaks of all European prehistory.

One of the cave's works

Visit of the Niaux Cave

The Atelier Paleo visited the Niaux cave. It is one of the last decorated caves open to visitors and really one of the most beautiful with Lascaux, Rouffignac, Chauvet,… but not only from the point of view of the work or the technique used.