Capdenac

CAPDENAC Lot, France.

The site of Capdenac is a promontory fort which dominates the Lot valley. It was first occupied in Gallic times and continues in use in the Roman period. Since the Middle Ages, it has often been identified with Uxellodunum.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

For modern discoveries, see M. Labrousse in Gallia 15 (1957) 277; 17 (1959) 435; 20 (1962) 589-90 & fig. 50; 26 (1968) 546; 28 (1970) 427-28; for identification with Uxellodunum, see A. Sors, Capdenac en Quercy (Lot). La fontaine gauloise et Ia fontaine de César dans le dispositif du siège et de la bataille d'Uxellodunum (1965); “Fouilles et découvertes à Capdenac-Uxellodunum,” Archaeologia (1965) 68-74; “Les projectils de guerre d'Alésia et d'Uxellodunum,” Bull. de la Soc. des Et. du Lot 88 (1967) 149-53.

M. LABROUSSE