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Pech Merle Spotted Horses Panel Central — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic overview and coordinates

Pech Merle Spotted Horses Panel Central

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Quarry Gallery Africa 48 — Egypt Region 12 — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Quarry Gallery Africa 48 — Egypt Region 12

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Sayburç — Leopard Relief Enclosure — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Sayburç — Leopard Relief Enclosure

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Sesebi — Amenhotep IV Aten Town Sudanese Akhetaten — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Sesebi — Amenhotep IV Aten Town Sudanese Akhetaten

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Temple Terrace Africa 10 — Ethiopia Region 10 — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Temple Terrace Africa 10 — Ethiopia Region 10

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Thornborough Henges — Southern Triple Alignment — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Thornborough Henges — Southern Triple Alignment

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Willendorf Lower Terrace Venus Layer 9 — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Willendorf Lower Terrace Venus Layer 9

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Xanthos — Nereid Monument Terrace — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Xanthos — Nereid Monument Terrace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North: archaeology and landscape — survey and excavation report

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Primary publication for Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North

Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Cosquer Cave Hand Stencil Panel North Wall: archaeology and landscape — survey and excavation report

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Primary publication for Cosquer Cave Hand Stencil Panel North Wall

Cosquer Cave Hand Stencil Panel North Wall

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Cussac Cave Gravettian Panel D: archaeology and landscape — survey and excavation report

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Primary publication for Cussac Cave Gravettian Panel D

Cussac Cave Gravettian Panel D

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Dolní Věstonice Mammoth Bone Dwelling 3: archaeology and landscape — survey and excavation report

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Primary publication for Dolní Věstonice Mammoth Bone Dwelling 3

Dolní Věstonice Mammoth Bone Dwelling 3

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Hohle Fels Venus Figurine Horizon IV: archaeology and landscape — survey and excavation report

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Primary publication for Hohle Fels Venus Figurine Horizon IV

Hohle Fels Venus Figurine Horizon IV

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Pech Merle Spotted Horses Panel Central: archaeology and landscape — survey and excavation report

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Primary publication for Pech Merle Spotted Horses Panel Central

Pech Merle Spotted Horses Panel Central

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Willendorf Lower Terrace Venus Layer 9: archaeology and landscape — survey and excavation report

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Primary publication for Willendorf Lower Terrace Venus Layer 9

Willendorf Lower Terrace Venus Layer 9

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Chronology and function of Barnhouse Stone — Standing Monolith Orkney

A. B. Smith, C. D. Jones · 2020 · Antiquity

Dating and interpretation

Barnhouse Stone — Standing Monolith Orkney

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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Chronology and function of Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6

A. B. Smith, C. D. Jones · 2020 · Antiquity

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Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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Chronology and function of Carrowmore — Listoghil Central Dolmen

A. B. Smith, C. D. Jones · 2020 · Antiquity

Dating and interpretation

Carrowmore — Listoghil Central Dolmen

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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Chronology and function of Chanquillo — Solar Observatory Fortified Temple Chankillo

A. B. Smith, C. D. Jones · 2020 · Antiquity

Dating and interpretation

Chanquillo — Solar Observatory Fortified Temple Chankillo

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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