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Trapped in Ice: The Paleolithic World

Tides of History

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Cave Paintings - The Purpose of the Animals

Early scholars interpreted the cave paintings as idle, doodling ways to pass the time. Later views focused entirely on the animal depictions and argued that they were a kind of hunting magic. The caves were thus a place for ritual where animal masked shamans communed with spirits to produce bountiful hunting s.

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