Limestone relief of a reindeer, looking back (with flint burin)

An image of Architectural element. Limestone relief of reindeer, looking back. With flint burin. Incised, height 0.059 m, width 0.075 m. Production Place: Laugerie Basse Dordogne France. Magdalenian V, Stone Age, 12,000-11,001 B.C.

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Architectural element. Limestone relief of reindeer, looking back. With flint burin. Incised, height 0.059 m, width 0.075 m. Production Place: Laugerie Basse Dordogne France. Magdalenian V, Stone Age, 12,000-11,001 B.C.

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Accession Number: GR.5.1973
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
Image height: 877 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 158.80kB

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animals antiquity architectural element BC deer Fitz_ANT flint French limestone reindeer relief Stone Age

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