Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 215
ed the dry plateaus above and theforest-loving and less hardy forms which frequented the river-valleys. The most convincing proof of an arid climate in the north ofFrance with prevailing high westerly winds is found in the layers 176 MEN OF THE OLD STONE AGE of loess which occur on the terraces of… … iiG. 87. The valley of the Vezere, a northern tributary of f^e Dordogne, cuts througha broad plateau of limestone in which the streams have hollowed out deep beds withvertical sides, favorable to the formation of caverns, grottos, and shelters. Here thelandscape of late Acheulean times bore the…
Prehistoric peoples · Paleolithic period · Art, Primitive
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