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Earliest art in the British Isles discovered on Jersey – Yahoo News Australia

Fragments of stone engraved with abstract designs are the earliest art in the British Isles.

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Fragments of stone engraved with abstract designs found on Jersey are the earliest known art in the British Isles, researchers say.
They were made by hunter-gatherers who lived between 23,000 and 14,000 years ago.
The designs were scratched into small ornamental tablets known as plaquettes; similar examples have been found in France, Spain and Portugal.
The 10 plaquettes were unearthed at Les Varines, Jersey, between 2014 and 2018.
Since the discoveries in the south-west of the island, scien…

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