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Book Review of Cave Paintings: The History and Legacy of Prehistoric Man-made Art

Cave Paintings: The History and Legacy of Prehistoric Man-made Art
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This is a particularly uninspired book about cave paintings. The author identified various places with primitive art (the Far East, Europe, the tropics, Mexico, etc.), and made the interesting statement that 99.9% of the rock art remains undated. They explained why. Testing sometimes destroyed part of the art, or the testing did not work with some of the ochre, clay, or whatever was used. This book did not appear to be well-organized.