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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 88

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discovered on thewalls of caves, as will be seen later on. This specimenis also of interest from its being executed on ivorywhich was much less often used for engraving than boneand horn (Fig. 65). One of the most ancient denizens of the caves was theCave Bear (Ursus spela^us). This animal is… … <uSa a o> > ubDCV XI o c u-1 PALEOLITHIC ART 53 Toulouse ^ (Fig. 66). Another example, also engraved on astone, was found in the cave of Gourdan(H. Garonne).^ Inthe last-named cave, one of the richest in specimens of Pa-laeolithic art, on a piece of stalagmite, was engraved the

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