OLD WORLD PREHISTORY — MacCURDY 505 



tlie rarest of all is the head of a wild <j;oat carvcil fioiu rriiidcer 

 horn with inlay eyes of another material (Iturnt bone). 



In the summer of iy*2U Mons. Be«;ouen found still another example 

 of Paleolithic inlay. It is on the base of a dart thrower, of which 

 the crochet is formed by a bird's beak. On one face of the shaft 

 of the dart thrower there is engraved a goose, the neck bent; on the 

 opposite face the same bird is sculptured in high relief, the head 

 turned backwartl. The eye is represented by a deep pit in wliich 

 there was originally an inlay. 



Le Roc. — The station of Le Roc is situated on a small aflluent of 

 the Echelle, in the commune of Sers, some 15 km. southeast of 

 Angouleme (Charente). It consists of two caves — Grotte du Hoc 

 and Grotte de la Vierge — between which is a workshop where the 

 sculptured frieze was found. In addition to the sculptured frieze, 

 engraved figures on limestone were found as follows: Bison and cave 

 bear (on the same piece) from below the Grotte de la Vierge and 

 a horse from the same trench; a third example is the figure of a bison. 



Tlie frieze, which is now installed in the Salle Henri Martin at 

 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, is sculptured on a series of five stones. 

 When found these stones were turned with their ornamented faces 

 against the archeological deposit. As reconstructed, the series from 

 left to right is as follows : First stone, at left, masked man ( ?), center 

 two horses, right musk ox charging a hunter; second stone, horse fac- 

 ing left; third stone, horse facing right; fourth stone (beneath the 

 third), horse facing right; fifth stone, horse and pseudo-bovidae 

 both facing right. 



El Pendo. — The first example of cave art ever discovered was an 

 object of the type later known as baton de commanilement. The 

 baton is a piece of reindeer horn or stag horn with one or more 

 perforations and usually decorated. Paleolithic batons have been 

 found sjjaringly in Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, England, Ger- 

 many, Italy, Poland, Siberia, and Switzerland. Several dozen have 

 been reported from France, and nine from Spain. The latest one 

 from Spain was unearthed in the cave of El Pendo (Santander) by 

 the Don Jesus Carballo and is preserved in the Museo Prehistorico, 

 Santander. From the viewpoint of art and symbolism, this specimen 

 ranks among the most important. It is of stag horn with a perfora- 

 tion near one end. The entire superficies is practically covered by a 

 series of admiral)!}' incised animal heads: Four of Cei'vus eJaphus 

 (one stag and three hinds) and one of the horse. These are accom- 

 panied by groups of incised lines, some in parallel and some X shaped. 

 This baton furnishes added evidence that the cave artist showed a 

 preference for the female of the species. The three heads of tiie hind 

 exhibit the same technique as does the hind's head on the baton from 



