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Painted Pebbles from the North-East Coast of Scotland

Nature volume 112, page 506 (1923)Cite this article

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THE statement that Azilian painted pebbles do not occur further north than Basle was made by me in a review appearing in NATURE, August 25, p. 276. It has been challenged and the so-called painted pebbles found by Sir F. Tress Barry on the N.E. coast of Scotland recalled. These interesting objects cannot, however, be referred to the Azilian culture, and this for two reasons, namely:

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B., M. Painted Pebbles from the North-East Coast of Scotland. Nature 112, 506 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112506b0

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