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The Cave Painter of Lascaux.(Book Review)
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Arts & Activities
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October 1, 2002| Author:
Hausman, Jerome J.
| COPYRIGHT 2002 Publishers' Development Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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(1999, $16.95), by Roberta Clugeletti. Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
This book is one of a series: A Journey through Time. It projects an imagined visit by Anna, a young girl who wanders into the cave of Lascaux in Southern France. In the tale that follows, Anna meets a bearded man who looks like a Neanderthal man. He explains that he is a guide dressed in animal skins and wearing a necklace made of teeth and stones to simulate the peop...
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