Rock-art and rough outs: Exploring the sacred and social dimensions of prehistoric carvings at copt howe, cumbria

Art as Metaphor: The Prehistoric Rock-Art of Britain

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 151-173

  Sharpe, Kate E ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvndv9dh.14     Document Type: Chapter

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