TABLE OF COTsTTEJ^TS. 



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Introduction 349 



I. Paleolithic Period. 



Flint chipping 355 



Chellc'en epoch (alluvium) 360 



8t. Achenleen epoch (alluvium) 36G 



Flint imi5lements in the United States 366 



Mousterien epoch (Cavern period) 370 



Solutreen epoch 371 



Engraving, sculpture, and painting 372 



Madelainien epoch 372 



Cro-Magnon 372 



Laugerie Basse 373 



Engravings ou bone, horn, and ivorj' 373 



Gravers 377 



Harpoons 377 



Animals 378 



Cave hear 1 378 



Mammoth 379 



Mammoth (Lenape stone) 380 



Mammoth (Dr. Cresson, Delaware) 381 



Eeindeer 381 



Horse 383 



Batons de comman dement 384 



Bison or ox (urus or aurochs) 390 



Calves 392 



Ruminants 392 



Ibex 394 



Flowers, leaves, etc 394 



Marine animals 395 



Man 395 



Examples of art practice 396 



Sculpture 398 



Methods of engraving and sculpturing 405 



Material 407 



Stone, ivory, bone, horn, wood 407 



Painting 408 



Characteristics of the art of the Paleolithic period 412 



Localities 413 



Succession of art periods 414 



Aspect of man of the Paleolithic period 417 



Conclusions 417 



II. Neolithic Period. 



Compared with Paleolithic 420 



Differences in art of the two periods 421 



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