Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 378
e of flint working; it is altogether distinctfrom the Aurignacian retouch, which is an heritage from theMousterian.^^ The flint is chipped off by pressure in fine, thinflakes from the entire surface of the implement, to which in itsperfected form the craftsman can give a thin, sharp edge andperfect… … Fig. 169. Typical Solutrean implements of war and chase. After de Mortillet. Pointesen feuille de laurier, or laurel-leaf points, artistically retouched on both surfaces, atboth ends, and on both borders; regarded by de Mortillet rather as blades of poniardsthan as javelin heads. 120.…
Prehistoric peoples · Paleolithic period · Art, Primitive
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