Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 367
Laussel is atypical shelter, first sought in Acheulean times, revisited inMousterian times, then again in middle or late Aurignacian, inSolutrean, and finally in Magdalenian times. As these succes-sive layers rise they approach the shelter of the cliff, so thatthe Magdalenian flint workers were… … Fig. 165. Bas-reKef of a woman with adrinking horn, sculptured on the faceof a boulder within the shelter of Laus-sel, and attributed to the late Aurig-nacian. After Lalanne. About one-eighth actual size. THE BIRTH OF* ART 329 bas-relief of the woman represents a nude figure holding thehorn of a…
Prehistoric peoples · Paleolithic period · Art, Primitive
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
