This may be some of the earliest representation of the reoccupation of the Brithish Isles after glaciation.Britain had a flourishing Stone Age culture but unlike prehistoric sites in France and Spain no cave paintings or carvings had been found until recently, when the discovery of Stone Age carvings of animals and humans at Cresswell Crags, near Sheffield in April 2003 launched a new hunt for prehistoric cave art.
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Re: Britain Cave Art
but perhaps not the most impressive? I obviously haven't seen the research (which I am assuming exists) that demonstrates human agency in this instance.Beagle wrote:This may be some of the earliest representation of the reoccupation of the British Isles after glaciation.
see here for a scathing criticism of the original assumptions madeDaily Mail wrote:when the discovery of Stone Age carvings of animals and humans at Cresswell Crags, near Sheffield in April 2003 launched a new hunt for prehistoric cave art.
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/cara13/web/Ripoll.html
This is pure speculation and has no basis in fact.Bob Smart, curator of Cheddar Caves Museum wrote:"The carving is in an inner cave which would have been used by shamans for religious purposes such as invoking animal spirits.
And yet again there are more comments blurted out as statements of fact which don't take into consideration the sobering effect of taphonomy upon the archaeological record.
Richard
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