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