The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesAllen, Emory Adams
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The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
Allen, Emory Adams
Archaeology; Indians; Prehistoric peoples
Thus it will be seen this valley has been a favorite resort for
people at widely different times, and amongst others, the cave
dwellers of the Paleolithic Age. As in the caves of Belgium, some
of them are at a considerable height above the stream, while
others are but little above the present flood line. Mr. Dawkins
refers us to the results of the exploration of a French scientist
in one of the grottoes of this section, which seem to be exactly
similar to the results obtained from the caves of Cresswell Crags
and Kent’s Cavern. The implements obtained from the two lower
strata are rough choppers and rude flakes of jasper and other
simple forms. Above these beds was a stratum of black earth,
underneath a sheet of stalagmite. Here were found implements of a
far higher type: those of flints, consisting of flakes, saws, and
scrapers, with finely chipped heads and arrow-heads, and awls and
arrow-heads of bone and antler.12 Now these results can only be
interpreted as were those in the English caverns. The lower and
ruder implements belong to the men of the Drift; the later and
more polished ones to the Cave-men.
Bone Implements, Dordogne Caves.
Most of the relics obtained from these caverns belong to the
Cave-men proper. However, the implements from one of them, known
as Le Moustier, are of a rude type, and may belong to those of
the Drift. But most of them are of superior make and finish.
These specimens are all from caves in this vicinity.13
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