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The Prehistoric hand pictures at Gargas: attempts at simulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2012

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A number of experimental methods of reconstructing prehistoric hand images like those in the cave of Gargas, France, are described and assessed. The results of experiments using these methods are evaluated from the point of view of the bearing they have on our knowledge about the creation of the original pictures in the cave.

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