Foreword / Paul G. Bahn

The Discovery of Chauvet Cave. The Gorges of the Ardeche. The Three Discoverers. Birth of a Team. Exploration. Our Discoveries in the Gorges of the Ardeche. The Decorated Caves. The Discovery of Chauvet Cave. A Path along the Cliff. First Steps in an Immense Gallery. Traces of Red Ochre. Depictions of a Kind Unknown in the Ardeche. The Panel of the Horses. The Lion Panel. The Cave's Morphology. Protection and Authentication

Epilogue: Chauvet Cave Today / Jean Clottes. Authentication. The Floors. The Themes. The Pictorial Techniques. How Old are these Drawings? The Radiocarbon Dates of Chauvet Cave. The Originality of Chauvet Cave.