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1	What's Written on the Walls: Prehistoric Line Markings by Kevin Sharpe and Leslie Van Gelder
2	Rouffignac Cave
3	Plan of Rouffignac Cave
4	Desbordes Subchamber of Chamber A1 Description of subchamber Description of flutings Fluters included children aged 2-5 Fluters were carried
5	"Alcove I (of 7" Alcove I (of 7)
6	Alcove I
7	Alcove I
8	Alcove 1
9	Alcove VII
10	Anthropomorphs
11	Macacroni & Meanders A macaroni (singular) fluting is of length at most 60 centimeters and all its curves, if any exist, are less than 45°. A meander fluting is of length at least 60 centimeters and contains at least one curve greater than 45°.
12	Serpentines & Snakes Barrière: Rouffignac has more figures of snakes than all the other caves put together. Though there are only 6 perfectly defined, they still are of great value. Grass snake…one of most characteristic depictions in all of prehistoric art
13	Serpent 164
14	Serpent 162
15	"Meanings probably unknowable" Meanings probably unknowable; Intentions possibly aesthetic and tactile; All suggestions as to meanings and intentions subject to flutings and cave data.
16	Chamber E
17	Chamber E, looking toward the rear of the chamber.
18	Cupola A.
19	Cluster A.
20	Cluster B.
21	Cluster C.
22	Cluster D.
23	Cluster E.
24	Grid from Cluster A.
25	Spiral from Cluster C.
26	Uni-centric arcs from Cluster C.
27	Clay over charcoal from Cluster A.
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29	J, The Patriarch, II
30	J, The Patriarch, III
31	J, The Patriarch, IV
32	G, Discovery Mammoths, I
33	G, Discovery Mammoths, II
34	G, Discovery Mammoths, III
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46	Heather I
47	Kirian heather II
48	Jumping marks I
49	Jumping marks II
50	Mirian jasper I
51	Mirian jasper I
52	Acknowledgements We wish to thank the many people who have helped support this research: Jean and Marie-Odile Plassard, for discussions, their support, and permission to work in Rouffignac Cave. Conservation Régionale de l’Archéologie, Toulouse, and the Mayor and Commune of Aventignan for permission to work in Gargas Cave. Séverine Desbordes, Frédéric Goursolle, and Frédéric Plassard, of Rouffignac Cave, and Marie-Paule Abadie and Nicolas Ferrer of Gargas Cave, for discussions and guiding us in their caves. Union Institute and University, for financial support through its faculty research grants. Robert Bednarik, Jean Clottes, Francesco d’Errico, Sandor Gallus,* Michel Lorblanchet, Alexander Marshack,* and Hallam Movius Jr.* for discussions and support over many years (* now deceased).