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Ice Age Horse Engraving

Horse Engraving
This engraving of a pelvis bone
with the likeness of a horse,
dating from the end of the Ice Age,
suggests "ritual re-use" of the artifact.
The 27 darts and spears drawn
piercing the animal seem to indicate
a separate instance of use
(Marshack 1993, p. 15).



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