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Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935. [from old catalog] · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 214

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aped. Triangular— very thin and flat. Hachette, chopper. Grattoir, planing tool. Racloir, scraper. Percoir, drill, borer. Couteau, knife. 1 Pointe (Levallois blade). Pointe, point—oval and chisel-shaped. War and Chase . Coup de poing. Of pointed and lance-pointed types. Pierre de jet, throwing… … Fig. Large, typical Acheulean implements, chiefly described as coups de after de Mortillet. One-quarter actual size. One of these (41) shows at one end a part of thecrust of the flint nodule left intact to afford a smooth, firm grip to the hand.Another (43) shows a part of the crust remaining along…

Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive

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