Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 192
of the shattered fragments of flint which he has not yet learnedto shape symmetricaUy. In the experimental search after themost usefxil form of fhnt which could be grasped by the hand, thevery characteristic CheUean coup de poing was evolved out of itsPre-CheUean prototype. This implement was made… … Fig. 76. Principal forms of small, late Chellean scraping, planing, and boring tools offlint, after Commont and Obermaier. One-half actual size. i. Combination tool—smallflake with a sharp point (a), cutting edge (6), and curved-in scraper (c). 2. Cutting toolwith protective retouch for the index…
Prehistoric peoples · Paleolithic period · Art, Primitive
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