Men of the Old Stone Age: Their Environment, Life and ArtOsborn, Henry Fairfield
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Men of the Old Stone Age: Their Environment, Life and Art
Osborn, Henry Fairfield
Art, Primitive; Prehistoric peoples; Stone age
COUTEAU KNIFE | =| =| =| =| =| =| =| =| = |
| 18. ENCLUME ANVIL STONE |..|..|..|..| =| ?| =|..|.. |
| 19. PERCUTEUR HAMMER-STONE | =| =| ?| ?| =| =| =| =| = |
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|C.--ART, SCULPTURE, ENGRAVING | | | | | | | | | |
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|*20. MICROLITHIQUE DRILL, GRAVER, | | | | | | | | | |
| AND ETCHER |..|..|..|..| =| =| =|++| = |
| 21. CISEAU CHISEL |..|..|..|..| =| =| =|..|.. |
| 22. GRAVETTE ETCHING TOOL |..|..|..|..| +| +| =| =|.. |
| 23. BURIN GRAVER |..|..|..|..|++| =| =| ?|.. |
| (ALSO MORTAR, HAMMER-STONE, | | | | | | | | | |
| AND POLISHER) | | | | | | | | | |
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* = twice mentioned (in different classifications).
+ or ++ denotes an unusual or culminating development.
Again, the burial customs of the Neanderthals were in many respects
followed by the Crô-Magnons; they chose, in fact, the same kind of burial
sites, namely, at the entrances of grottos or in proximity to the
shelters. Some degree of ceremony must have marked these burials, for with
the remains were interred implements of industry and warfare together with
offerings of food. The Neanderthal burials were with the body fully
extended; the two burials of the Grimaldi race were with the limbs in a
flexed position and tightly bound to the body, probably with skin garments
or thongs. The Crô-Magnon burials are either with the body extended, as in
the Grottes de Grimaldi, or with the limbs flexed, as in the Aurignacian
burial of Laugerie Haute.
THE BONE IMPLEMENTS APPEARING AT THE CLOSE OF THE LOWER PALÆOLITHIC AND
HIGHLY CHARACTERISTIC OF THE UPPER PALÆOLITHIC
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