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Man before metals (1902)

Joly, N. (Nicolas), 1812-1885 · London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. · leaf 303

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andbones were found incompany with carvedand engraved teethof the lion and bear.One of the teethbears on one side theimage of a fish, andon the other, orna-mental lines and abarbed arrow. Here we againmeet with the skill,the methods, andeven the details ofornament of the pri-mitive artists of… … EARLY ENGRAVINGS. 293 at Aurignac, the tigures are cut upon bears teeth. Barbedarrows, symmetrically disposed, and furnished with avarying number of barbs, which constitute their principalornament, have not, to my knowledge, hitherto beenobserved upon the figured articles of Perigord and…

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