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An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar (2023)
Journal Article
Bacon, B., Khatiri, A., Palmer, J., Freeth, T., Pettitt, P., & Kentridge, R. (2023). An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 33(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774322000415

In at least 400 European caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet and Altamira, Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens groups drew, painted and engraved non-figurative signs from at least ~42,000 BP and figurative images (notably animals) from at least 37,000 BP. Sin... Read More about An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar.