«Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage

We describe and give frequencies of occurrence of a rarely-mentioned pattern of spots in Rangifer pelage. We also show that the pattern was well-known to Palaeolithic humans who recorded it in their cave art. We also discuss some of the symbolic possibilities resulting from the recognition by Palaeo...

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Published in:Rangifer
Main Authors: Pruitt, Jr., William O., Pepper, Hubert
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1986
Subjects:
Rangifer
caribou
reindeer
pelage
spots
Palaeolithic art
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/650
https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.650
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spelling ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/650 2023-05-15T18:03:55+02:00 «Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage Pruitt, Jr., William O. Pepper, Hubert 1986-06-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/650 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.650 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/650/619 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/650 doi:10.7557/2.6.2.650 Copyright (c) 2015 William O. Pruitt, Jr., Hubert Pepper http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Vol 6 (1986): Special Issue No. 1; 227-234 1890-6729 Rangifer caribou reindeer pelage spots Palaeolithic art info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1986 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.650 2021-08-16T14:33:37Z We describe and give frequencies of occurrence of a rarely-mentioned pattern of spots in Rangifer pelage. We also show that the pattern was well-known to Palaeolithic humans who recorded it in their cave art. We also discuss some of the symbolic possibilities resulting from the recognition by Palaeolithic humans of the biological characteristics of the pattern in Rangifer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Rangifer 6 2 227
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topic Rangifer
caribou
reindeer
pelage
spots
Palaeolithic art
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caribou
reindeer
pelage
spots
Palaeolithic art
Pruitt, Jr., William O.
Pepper, Hubert
«Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage
topic_facet Rangifer
caribou
reindeer
pelage
spots
Palaeolithic art
description We describe and give frequencies of occurrence of a rarely-mentioned pattern of spots in Rangifer pelage. We also show that the pattern was well-known to Palaeolithic humans who recorded it in their cave art. We also discuss some of the symbolic possibilities resulting from the recognition by Palaeolithic humans of the biological characteristics of the pattern in Rangifer.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Pruitt, Jr., William O.
Pepper, Hubert
author_facet Pruitt, Jr., William O.
Pepper, Hubert
author_sort Pruitt, Jr., William O.
title «Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage
title_short «Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage
title_full «Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage
title_fullStr «Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage
title_full_unstemmed «Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage
title_sort «pepper's patches» on rangifer pelage
publisher Septentrio Academic Publishing
publishDate 1986
url https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/650
https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.650
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op_source Rangifer; Vol 6 (1986): Special Issue No. 1; 227-234
1890-6729
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