Thinking with animals in Upper Palaeolithic rock art

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-336

  Sauvet, Georges ^a   Layton, Robert ^b   Lenssen Erz, Tilman ^c   Taçon, Paul ^d   Wlodarczyk, André ^e  

^a Maison de la Recherche   (France)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 70849132577     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774309000511     Document Type: Review

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