[blam]

No Pictures.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Continental Soldier]

And this finding proves what? That early man had an artistic flair? That he represented images on cave walls? That he sought to externalize his thoughts? Helloooo!!! Wake up! Man is man -- then and now.

[GreenHornet]

Archaeologists are puzzled, however, over one of the more intriguing cave paintings found at the site which appears to depict a group of dogs playing poker.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[ccc_jr]

And shortly after the first artist cam the first critic ...

[SunkenCiv]

Original topic, 2005. This is an update.

Experts search for Ice Age man
in excavation at cave beauty spot
by Lucy Harvey
8 August 2006

The engravings of animals were found at Church Hole cave, Creswell Crags, at Welbeck near Worksop three years ago and are evidence the limestone gorge near Worksop is one of the most northerly areas explored by man in the Ice Age... Dr Paul Pettit from Sheffield University's Department of Archaeology, who is leading the dig, said: "This is a fantastic opportunity to work at such and important site. We know that Church Hole was excavated very rapidly by the Victorians in the 1870s and very little is known about the animals and people who inhabited this cave during the Ice Age. Many of the bones and stone tools would have been thrown away and now lie within the Victorian spoil heap directly outside the cave's entrance. Our plan is to excavate this spoil heap and find the original Ice Age sediments below which contain bones and other artefacts from the period."