Why cave art? All of the following are common explanations provided except:

a. they are tallies of animals taken in the hunt.
b. they are figures painted to ensure ritualized success in the hunt.
c. they are painted as ceremonial art, such as for puberty rituals.
d. they are simple sketches of a cave wall with no significance at all.
e. they are visions from altered states of consciousness.


d

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The anthropological definition of art _____

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