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    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Genealogical Patterns: Meanders, Ramiforms & Disks
    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Genealogical Patterns: Meanders, Ramiforms & Disks
    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Genealogical Patterns: Meanders, Ramiforms & Disks
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    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Genealogical Patterns: Meanders, Ramiforms & Disks

    By Edmund Carpenter, Carl Schuster and Lorraine Spiess

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    2.  Vol. 1, Book 2 - Genealogical Patterns: Meanders, Ramiforms & Disks

    In Genealogical Patterns: Meanders, Ramiforms & Disks, Carpenter draws connections between horizontal meanders and vertical bands in visual pattern-making, and interprets them as patterns of genealogical descent. This book introduces the

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRock Foundation
    Release dateDec 1, 2017
    ISBN9781943982134
    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Genealogical Patterns: Meanders, Ramiforms & Disks

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