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... caves proves only that the young were permitted or encouraged to enter , not that they underwent an initiation rite . Even the arrows and marks of wounds on some ten per cent of the cave paintings are not free from ambiguity : if they ...
... caves proves only that the young were permitted or encouraged to enter , not that they underwent an initiation rite . Even the arrows and marks of wounds on some ten per cent of the cave paintings are not free from ambiguity : if they ...
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... cave , to keep for their own use and instruction the art of making images : an early antici- pation and equivalent of the esoteric language and the inviolable temple sanctum of later priesthoods ? Was some memory of the layout of the cave ...
... cave , to keep for their own use and instruction the art of making images : an early antici- pation and equivalent of the esoteric language and the inviolable temple sanctum of later priesthoods ? Was some memory of the layout of the cave ...
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... Cave , man's first cloister , 30 ; Mousterian , 24 Cave art , [ 10 ] , 120 Cave - bears , 117 Cave decoration , contem- porary , 119 Cave painting , Magda- lenian , 8 , 20 , 121 , 123 Caves , cultural importance of , [ 1 ] Çayönü , [ 12 ] ...
... Cave , man's first cloister , 30 ; Mousterian , 24 Cave art , [ 10 ] , 120 Cave - bears , 117 Cave decoration , contem- porary , 119 Cave painting , Magda- lenian , 8 , 20 , 121 , 123 Caves , cultural importance of , [ 1 ] Çayönü , [ 12 ] ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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