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    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Family Tree: Pebbles from Eurasia, Africa, Oceania & Australia
    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Family Tree: Pebbles from Eurasia, Africa, Oceania & Australia
    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Family Tree: Pebbles from Eurasia, Africa, Oceania & Australia
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    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Family Tree: Pebbles from Eurasia, Africa, Oceania & Australia

    By Edmund Carpenter, Carl Schuster and Lorraine Spiess

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    9.  Vol. 2, Book 5 - Family Tree: Pebbles from Eurasia, Africa, Oceania & Australia

    Family Tree: Pebbles from Eurasia, Africa, Oceania & Australia is the fifth and final book of Volume Two, and the ninth in the series. It completes the survey of incised pebbles begun in Book Four. It examines links between Ol

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRock Foundation
    Release dateDec 1, 2017
    ISBN9781943982202
    Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: Family Tree: Pebbles from Eurasia, Africa, Oceania & Australia

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