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cave art  

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  • In the broadest sense, cave art is identical to rock art. In a narrow sense, it is painting on cave walls, ceilings, remote and hard-to-reach places; it is defined as nonmobile or monumental in contrast to small transportable objects like statuettes, bone engravings, and so on. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Cave Art]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-S0G0VP09-4

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