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through South-East Spain and also from Italy into that 

 region, and affected injuriously the "naturalistic" Aurigna- 

 cian art, and superseded it in Azilian and Neolithic times. 

 We find late drawings (Azilian age ?) in some of the east 

 Spanish caves of a very much simplified character, small 

 human figures armed with bow and arrow, and others 

 reduced to geometric or mere symbolic lines derived from 

 human and animal form (see Fig. 52, p. 206). The latest 

 studies of Breuil on this subject tend to throw light by aid 

 of these sim'plified inartistic and symbolic drawings on the 

 migrations of very early races in the south and south-east 

 of Europe, and to connect them perhaps with North 

 African con temporary^ races. The subject is as difficult as 

 t is fascinating. Those who wish to get to the original 

 sources of information should consult the last ten years' 

 issues of the invaluable French periodical called 

 " L'Anthropologie," edited by Professor Marcelin Boule. 



Fig. 29. — A piece of mammoth ivory carved vfith 

 spirals and scrolls from the cave of Arudy (Hautes 

 Pyr^n^es). Same size as the jobject. 



