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When Caves were Temples (Part 2)

When Caves were Temples (Part 2)

I propose that caves were places of worship, that an animistic cosmology was practiced within them, and that cave painters were primarily women.

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Nov 13, 2022
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Female deer in the Covalanas Cave, Image by Miguel de Arriba/SRECD.

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