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Hidden cartographies 1. The Pavlov-Map (25,000 BC), carved into a mammoth tusk. Found in 1962, it depicts a hunting landscape, the Pavlovské Hills and the meandering course of the river Thaya (Czech Republic). It is possibly the oldest map ever made. instagram.com/p/CL3urKVDAIV/

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Federico Italiano

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Mar 1, 2021

The slopes of the Pavlovské Hills are 'translated' into abstract shapes and symbolic forms that are for us almost undecipherable. Their meanings, however, were obvious for the groups of hunter-gatherers that used this map