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L’Homme préhistorique et la Mort

Romain PIGEAUD

fr Comptes Rendus Palevol 16 (2) - Pages 167-174

Published on 30 April 2017

This article is a part of the thematic issue From genes to culture

Prehistoric Man and Death

What are the beginnings of the human conception of death? The graves and funeral rites which we find and the figurative representations may give us some indications to be interpreted with caution.


Keywords:

Grave, Funeral rite, Palaeolithic art, Metaphysics, Transcendence

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