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http://www.creswell-crags.org.uk/virtuallytheiceage/Exploring_objects/Large%20image.asp?VTIA=51 This horse's head is carved on a bison rib and was the first Creswellian art found in the gorge. A recent study and reinterpretation of the piece suggests the carved vertical strokes to be corral fencing. The open ended gorge is thought to have been used as a large natural trap, fences being erected across its span to trap the animals.

Posted by stubob 1st September 2004ce

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