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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 87

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es,: a view which has not been generally accepted (Fig. 64). Naturally engravings of extinct animals, and of thoseno longer living in the region, excite the greatest interest.Hence the attention bestowed on one of Lartet andChristys earliest discoveries at La Madeleine.^ On a pieceof ivory is… … Fig. 64.—Engraving on bone. Bridled horses. Mas dAzil. shows the head with its protuberant forehead, the bodywith its hairy covering and huge curved tusks to be ac-curately delineated. During the last few years manyengravings of this animal have been discovered on thewalls of caves, as will be seen…

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