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field of prehistoric archaeology. His discoveries at 

 Abbeville, in 1825, of the bones of extinct animals asso- 

 ciated with flint implements led him to champion the 

 cause of early man in France. It was not until 1859 

 that these finds were completely substantiated by the 

 investigations of the English archaeologists, PRESTWICH, 

 LYELL, and Sir John EVANS. The importance of this 

 validation cannot be over-estimated in the history of 

 prehistoric archaeology. COURMANT (who may be called 

 the successor of Boucher de Perthes) and D'ACY have 

 worked in the river-drift deposits. 



We come next to the great period of cave man in the 

 famous Dordogne district. Beginning with the classical 

 discoveries at Les Eyzies by LARTET and his English 

 companion, CHRISTY, we have a long series of names, 

 including the father of prehistoric archaeology, GABRIEL 

 DE MORTILLET, and his son, ADRIAN DE MORTILLET, 

 MASSENAT, GIROD, and later the investigations, largely 

 undertaken in concert, by 1'Abbe BREUIL, CAPITAN, 

 BOULE, VERNEAU, and PEYRONY. The Menton caves 

 have been described by ABBO, RIVIERE, and CARTAILHAC. 

 Mention should also be made of the work of ARCELIN 

 at Solutre, MARTIN at La Quina, and CHAUVET near 

 Angouleme. PIETTE stands out alone for his researches 

 in the Pyrenees on the "painted pebbles" and the sculp- 

 tures, and for his establishment of the genuineness of 

 the palaeolithic cave paintings and etchings. The sub- 

 ventions of the Prince of Monaco made possible extensive 

 recent excavations, the results of which are under the 

 care of 1'Abbe LAVILLE in the Musee Oceanographique 

 at Monaco. 



As Boucher de Perthes was the vindicator of Quater- 

 nary man in France, 1'Abbe BOURGEOIS stands as the 

 champion of Tertiary man. The battle over the Eolithic 

 question has been a warm one, and its center has been 



