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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 394

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embling those found at the grotto of Placard, Charente, in thelayers directly succeeding the base of the Magdalenian. Thefact that near the Ural Mountains there has also been found apeculiar Magdalenian culture, the origin of which is not western,inclines us to believe that the Magdalenian culture… … Fig. 174. One of the large bison drawings in the cavern of Niaux, on theAriege, showing the supposed spear or arrow heads with shafts on its side.The artists technique consists of an outline incised with flint followed bya painted outline in black manganese giving high relief. After Cartailhacand…

Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive

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