Evidence for cave marking by Palaeolithic children

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 310, 2006, Pages 937-947

  Sharpe, Kevin ^a,b,c   Van Gelder, Leslie ^d  

^a UNION INSTITUTE AND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Walden University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave art; Finger flutings; Palaeolithic; Rouffignac cave

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ART; CAVE; CULTURAL HISTORY; PALEOLITHIC;

EID: 33845763926     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00094527     Document Type: Article

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