Man and the Glacial PeriodWright, G. Frederick (George Frederick)
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Man and the Glacial Period
Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick)
Glacial epoch; Prehistoric peoples
Map showing glaciated areas in North America and Europe 130
41. Maps showing lines of _débris_ extending from the Alps into
the plains of the Po 134
42. Section of the Cefn Cave 148
43. Map showing moraine between Speeton and Flamborough 156
44. Diagram-section near Cromer 166
45. Section through the westerly chalk bluff at Trimingham,
Norfolk 162
46. Section across Wales 172
47. Section of cliff at Flamborough Head 176
48. Enlarged section of the shelly sand and surrounding clay
at _B_ in preceding figure 177
49. Map showing the glaciated area of Europe 184
50. Map showing old channel and mouth of the Hudson 195
51. New York Harbor in preglacial times 197
52. Section across the valley of the Cuyahoga River 200
53. Map of Mississippi River from Fort Snelling to Minneapolis 209
54. Map showing the effect of the glacial dam at Cincinnati 213
55. Map of Lake Erie-Ontario 219
56. Map of Cuyahoga Lake 221
57. Section of the lake ridges near Sandusky, Ohio 223
58. Map showing stages of recession of the ice in Minnesota 225
59. Glacial terrace on Raccoon Creek, in Ohio 227
60. Ideal section across a river-bed in drift region 229
61. Map of Lakes Bonneville and Lahontan 234
62. Parallel roads of Glen Roy 239
63. Map showing glacial terraces on the Delaware and
Schuylkill Rivers 243
64. Palæolith found by Abbott in New Jersey 244
65. Section across the Delaware River at Trenton, N. J. 245
66. Section of the Trenton gravel 246
67. Face view of argillite implement found by Dr. C. C. Abbott
in 1876. 247
68. Argillite implement found by Dr. C. C. Abbott, March, 1879 248
69. Chipped pebble of black chert found by Dr. C. L. Metz,
October, 1885 249
70. Map showing glaciated area in Ohio 250
71. Palæoliths from Newcomerstown and Amiens (face view) 252
72. Edge view of the preceding 253
73. Section across the Mississippi Valley at Little Falls, Minn. 254
74. Quartz implement found by Miss F. E. Babbitt, 1878, at Little
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