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The scene in the Shaft at Lascaux

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Demorest Davenport  and
Michael A. Jochim
Demorest Davenport
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Ilniversitv of(:alifornia. Santa Barbara. CA 93106 USA
Michael A. Jochim
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of (:alifornia, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
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A new look at one of the more famous puzzles in prehistoric art, and the derivation of a scene at Lascaux from shamanistic practice.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 236 , September 1988 , pp. 558 - 562
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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