Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 168
ing theform of their implements but were dealing rather with thechance shapes of shattered blocks of flint, seeking with a few well-directed blows to produce a sharp point or a good cutting edge.This was the beginning of the art of retouch, which was doneby means of light blows with a second stone…
Prehistoric peoples · Paleolithic period · Art, Primitive
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