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... animal species shown , mostly edible animals , suggested that this art was a form of sympathetic magic for hunting ; a view endorsed by the occurrence of arrows drawn on the flanks of some ani- mals . For a time such an explanation ...
... animal species shown , mostly edible animals , suggested that this art was a form of sympathetic magic for hunting ; a view endorsed by the occurrence of arrows drawn on the flanks of some ani- mals . For a time such an explanation ...
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... animals and even insects were in demand . The old encircling border lost favor , sometimes being replaced by a groundline , but the tendency was towards spaciousness , particularly among the Ionians . The one " regional " style that is ...
... animals and even insects were in demand . The old encircling border lost favor , sometimes being replaced by a groundline , but the tendency was towards spaciousness , particularly among the Ionians . The one " regional " style that is ...
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... animals on which the nomads lived are absent from the Animal style , except that it is not always clear whether horses found fairly frequently are The Eurasian steppes tame or wild . There must have been a pervasive reason behind this ...
... animals on which the nomads lived are absent from the Animal style , except that it is not always clear whether horses found fairly frequently are The Eurasian steppes tame or wild . There must have been a pervasive reason behind this ...
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