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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 83

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enting the ground^ (FJ^^- 58). The extraordinary number of horsesbones found at So-lutre show hownumerous this ani-mal must have beenat that period, andthe many engrav-ings of it on boneand horn point tothe same conclu-sion. The oxs vertebra with a seal in champleve on oneside, already referred to… … Fig. 58.—Engraving on stone. Chaffaud. PALEOLITHIC ART 47 ment made out of the antlers of the Reindeer or Stag, bycutting off the tines, and boring one or more holes throughthe part remaining. This fanciful name was given to theseobjects because it was imagined that they were sceptres, andused as…

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