An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 130.—Altamira. Stag engraved on great fresco roof. Length, o-66 metre. (From Cav. (VAltam.) extraordinary since the roofJs_so low that the artist musthave been compelled to assume a kneeling or even re-cumbent position to execute the work. The figures vary lOO PREHISTORIC ART from about four to seven feet in length. Most of those ofthe bison measure about five feet from nose to tail. Thisin fact is the length of the best preserved polychrome(Plate I). The polychromes were engraved in outline before

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