Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 382
of flint working; it is altogether distinctfrom the / Aurignacian retouch, which is an heritage from theMousterian.53 The flint is chipped off by pressure in fine, thinflakes from the entire surface of the implement, to which in itsperfected form the craftsman can give a thin, sharp edge andperfect… … Fig. 169. Typical Solutrean implements of war and chase. After de Mortillet. Pointcsen feuille de laurier, or laurel-leaf points, artistically retouched on both surfaces, atboth ends, and on both borders; regarded by de Mortillet rather as blades of poniardsthan as javelin heads. 120.…
Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive
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