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Men of the old stone age : their environment, life and art (1915)

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 204

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shaped. Triangular— ^ery thin and flat. Hachette, chopper. Grattoir, planing tool. Racloir, scraper. Percoir, drill, borer. Couteau, knife. Pointe (Levallois blade). Pointe, point—oval and chisel-shaped. War and Chase. (oup de poing. Of pointed ; md lance-pointed types. Pierre de jet, throwing… … Fig. 85. Large, typical Acheulean implements, chiefly described as coups de poing, afterde 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…

Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive

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