Patterns That Connect: Social Symbolism in Ancient and Tribal Art by Carl Schuster and Edmund Carpenter

As an interesting frame of reference, note that the above-mentioned authors also published an extensive 12 volume study entitled: Social Symbolism in Ancient and Tribal Art. (with Carl Schuster; 3 Parts, 12 vols., 1986–1988

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