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Reflections on Palaeolithic Cave Art, Girls at Puberty and the origin of Religion

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Is Self-Representation Hypothesis about Venus Figurines tenable?

(The following is based on a reply by the administrator of www.thelureofnoma.com to a comment on the post Are the Paleolithic Venus Figurines telling us about the puberty rites?) The self-representation hypothesis is an ingenious interpretation of Venus figurines and … Continue reading

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Prehistoric Venuses & Puberty Rites

This post simply contains a PDF copy of the paper “Prehistoric Venuses and Puberty Rites” for those who are interested Continue reading

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