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Page 137
... figures of bison , stags , reindeer , horses , and ibex , some 280 figures in all . The most striking feature of the cave , however , is the prominent representation of human or half- human figures , a theme that is extremely rare in ...
... figures of bison , stags , reindeer , horses , and ibex , some 280 figures in all . The most striking feature of the cave , however , is the prominent representation of human or half- human figures , a theme that is extremely rare in ...
Page 585
... figures in beeswax by modelling or molding or the use of such figures as a form for casting metal or creating preliminary models . At ordi- nary temperatures beeswax can be cut and shaped with facility ; it melts to a limpid fluid at a ...
... figures in beeswax by modelling or molding or the use of such figures as a form for casting metal or creating preliminary models . At ordi- nary temperatures beeswax can be cut and shaped with facility ; it melts to a limpid fluid at a ...
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... figures for city proper and metropolitan area for same city may not apply to same date during period . Where no official figures for 1970-72 existed , estimates were made for midyear 1971 from latest available official figures . No such ...
... figures for city proper and metropolitan area for same city may not apply to same date during period . Where no official figures for 1970-72 existed , estimates were made for midyear 1971 from latest available official figures . No such ...
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