Leonardo García Sanjuán

Leonardo García Sanjuán

Leonardo García Sanjuán
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Professor of Prehistory at the University of Seville

Reaction: Iberian owl-shaped figurines may have been created by children as toys 5,000 years ago

Some 4,000 engraved slate plaques resembling owls have been found in tombs and graves on the Iberian Peninsula dating back to the Copper Age. It has been speculated that they may have had a ritual significance. Spanish scientists have analysed 100 of these plaques and propose, in an article published in Scientific Reports, that they may have been carved by children for play.

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