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Salomon Reinach and the religious interpretation of Palaeolithic art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Eduardo Palacio-Pérez
Eduardo Palacio-Pérez*
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*The Cantabria International Institute for Prehistory Research (IIIPC), University of Cantabria, Edificio Interfacultativo s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain (Email: [email protected])
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Abstract

When did upper Palaeolithic cave art come to be thought of as religious? The author shows an origin rooted in the intellectual movements of the later nineteenth century, and in particular in the personage and thought of Salomon Reinach.

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Palaeolithicuniversalismparticularismartreligion
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Antiquity , Volume 84 , Issue 325 , September 2010 , pp. 853 - 863
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2010

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