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An introduction to the study of prehistoric art (1915)

Parkyn, Ernest Albert, b. 1857 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 241

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Avebury, Wilts. Fig. 222.— Incense cups. 13 194 PREHISTORIC ART fire to set light to the funeral pyre. It is well seen in areally elegant example from a barrow at Bulford in Wilt-shire. This specimen has two rows of perforations, theorifice alternating. Between the openings are V-shapedincisions… … Fig. 223.— Incense cup with co\ei. (Two-thirds size.) concentric circles {Fig. 222). Chevron designs are oftenseen on these little vessels produced by dots or lines, or cordimpressions, occasionally e.xtending to the cover whenpresent (Iig. 223). Tlie technique in fact is similar to thatof cinerary…

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