The Hohle Fels 'Venus': Some remarks on animals, humans and metaphorical relationships in early Upper Palaeolithic Art

Rock Art Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-159

  Porr, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central and eastern Europe; Metaphor; Mobiliary art; Palaeolithic art

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650200550     PISSN: 08130426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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