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Birds of the Grotte Cosquer: the Great Auk and Palaeolithic prehistory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2015

Francesco d'Errico
Francesco d'Errico*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, England; & Sezione di Paleontologia Umana, Dipartimento di Anatomia e Fisiologia Umana, Universitá di Torino, Italy
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Abstract

Striking among the figures of the Grotte Cosquer, the Palaeolithic painted cave newly discovered in Mediterranean France, are some waterbirds. They are identified as Great Auks, the great and extinct ‘penguin’ of the northern ocean.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 258 , March 1994 , pp. 39 - 47
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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