Engraved Magdalenian Plaquettes: a regional and stylistic analysis of stone, bone and antler plaquettes from Upper Palaeolithic sites in France and Cantabric Spain: a regional and stylistic analysis of stone, bone and antler plaquettes from Upper Palaeoli

Front Cover Copyright Table of Contents INTRODUCTION PART ONE: DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAMME AND TWENTY-ONE TABLES USED IN THE REGIONAL AND STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF ENGRAVED PLAQUETTES FROM UPPER PALAEOLITHIC SITES IN FRANCE AND CANTABRIC SPAIN NUMERICAL CATEGORIES AND DESCRIPTION OF SUPPORT CHAPTER 1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS (AND DECORATED SURFACES) RECORDED FROM EACH REGION, ASSESSED ACCORDING TO DATE. (TABLE 1) CHAPTER 2. DECORATION OF MORE THAN ONE SURFACE ON A SINGLE OBJECT, ASSESSED FOR EACH REGION, ACCORDING TO THE MATERIAL OF SUPPORT. (TABLE 7) CHAPTER 3. DECORATION OF MORE THAN ONE SURFACE ON A SINGLE OBJECT, ASSESSED FOR EACH REGION, ACCORDING TO DATE. (TABLE 12) CHAPTER 4. DISPOSITION AND FORM OF NATURALISTIC DECORATION ON INDIVIDUAL SURFACES ASSESSED FOR EACH REGION, ACCORDING TO DATE. (TABLE 15) CHAPTER 5. SUMMARY OF TABLES 1 -21 AND CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM THESE PART TWO: REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF PLAQUETTE COLLECTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL SITES INTRODUCTION SITES WITH ENGRAVED PLAQUETTES CHAPTER 6. PLAQUETTE COLLECTIONS IN SOUTH-WEST FRANCE CHAPTER 7. PLAQUETTE COLLECTIONS IN THE PYRENEES CHAPTER 8. PLAQUETTE COLLECTIONS IN THE BASQUE PROVINCES AND SPANISH CANTABRIA CHAPTER 9. PLAQUETTE COLLECTIONS OUTSIDE AQUITAINE AND CANTABRIA CHAPTER 10. CONCLUSIONS TO PARTS ONE AND TWO, THE COMPUTER SURVEY AND THE ANALYSES BY REGION APPENDIX: PUNCH-CARD CODE USED FOR DECORATED PLAQUETTES BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RESUME LIST OF PLATES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF MAPS