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Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1916)

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 156

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this was the actual topography of thevalley during the Third Interglacial Stage. The occurrence ofChellean flints in the white sands overlying the coarse gravels ofthe middle and upper terraces does not indicate that the flintworkers were encamped here while these terraces were beingcut out by the… … Fig. 58. Four typical forms of the Chellean coup dc poijig, or hand-stone, from theancient quarries of St. Acheul. About one-half actual size. a. Disc-shaped—upper left. c. Poniard-shaped—lower left. b. Oval—upper right. d. Almond-shaped—lower right, In the collection of the American Museum of…

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