Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric PeoplesNadaillac, Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de
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Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples
Nadaillac, Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de
Archaeology; Prehistoric peoples
15. Ancient boat discovered in the bed of the Cher. 75
16. A lake pirogue found in the Lake of Neuchâtel.
1. As seen outside.
2. and 3. Longitudinal and transverse sections.
Stones used as anchors, found in the Bay of Penhouet. 76
17. 1, 2, 3. Stones weighing about 160 lbs. each.
4. and 5. Lighter stones, probably used for canoes. 80
18. Scraper from the Delaware valley. 82
19. Implement from the Delaware valley. 82
20. Worked flints from the Lafaye and Plantade shelters (Tarn-et-Garonne). 83
21. 1. Stone javelin-head with handle. 2. Stone hatchet with handle. 89
22. 1. Fine needles. 2. Coarse needles. 3. Amulet. 4 and 6. Ornaments. 5. Cut flints. 7. Fragment of a harpoon. 8. Fragments of
reindeer antlers with signs or drawings. 9. Whistle. 10. One end of a bow (?). 11. Arrow-head. (From the Vache, Massat, and
Lourdes caves) 91
23. Amulet made of the penien bone of a bear and found in the Marsoulas cave. 92
24. Various stone and bone objects from California. 93
25. Dipper found in the excavations at the Chassey camp. 95
26. Pottery of a so far unclassified type found in the Argent cave (France). 98
27. 1. Lignite pendant. 2. Bone pendant. (Thayngen cave). 107
28. Round pieces of skull, pierced with holes (M. de Baye’s collection). 110
29.
Part of a rounded piece of a human parietal.
Stiletto made of the end of a human radius.
Disk, made of the burr of a stag’s antler. 111
30. Whistle from the Massenat collection. 112
31. Staff of office. 113
32. Staff of office, made of stag-horn pierced with four holes. 114
33. Staff of office found at Lafaye. 115
34. Staff of office in reindeer antler, with a horse engraved on it (Thayngen). 115
35. Staff of office found at Montgaudier. 117
36. Carved dagger-hilt (Laugerie-Basse). 118
37. The great cave-bear, drawn on a pebble found in the Massat cave (Garrigou collection). 118
38. Mammoth or elephant from the Una cave. 119
39. Seal engraved on a bear’s tooth, found at Sordes.119
40. Fragment of a bone, with regular designs. Fragment of a rib on which is engraved a musk-ox, found in the Marsoulas cave. 120
41. Head of a horse from the Thayngen cave. 121
42. Bear engraved on a bone, from the Thayngen cave. 121
43. Reindeer grazing, from the Thayngen cave. 122
44. Head of _Ovibos moschatus_, engraved on wood, found in the Thayngen cave. 123
45. Young man chasing the aurochs, from Laugerie. 124
46. Fragment of a staff of office, from the Madelaine cave. 125
47. Human face carved on a reindeer antler, found in the Rochebertier cave. 125
48. The glyptodon. 128
49. _Mylodon robustus_.129
50. Objects discovered in the peat-bogs of Laybach, A. Earthenware vase. B. Fragment of ornamented pottery. C. Bone needle. D.
Earthenware weight for fishing-net. E. Fragment of jaw bone. 152
51. Small terra-cotta figures found in the Laybach pile dwellings. 153
52. Small terra-cotta figures from the Laybach pile dwellings. 154
53. Nurhag at Santa Barbara (Sardinia). 168
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