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At the same time it should always be borne in mind that alphabetiform Simple
signs in most cases represent simple geometrical forms, that can be arrived metrical

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Fig. 270. Bone ' Fish ' from Drain-shaft Deposit (Under Surface).

at by more than one route, and that marks, for instance, like A and E charac-
already appear on the bone carvings of the Reindeer Period. A more con- such
temporary field of comparison for the signs on the 'fish' is supplied by the Slgns-