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The Grammar of the Dark: Non-Figurative Cave Markings, Paleolithic Materiality, and the Ad Hoc Model of Cognitive Evolution
Not all cave art centers on the striking bison, deer, or lions of Altamira, Chauvet, and Lascaux; in fact, much pigmented rock art is what researchers call “non-figurative,” with meanings and methods ...