LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FEONTISPIECE. 



Facing page. 



Aboriginal American Polished Stone Hatchet in its Original Wooden 

 Handle. Found in the State of Michigan, 18 inches beneath tlie surface, pre- 

 served in a bed of peat or muck. Collection of Byron E. Dodge, Richfield, 

 Genesee County, Michigan. Cat. No. 148067, U.S.N.M. See pages 442, 44.5.. .. 325 



PLATES. 



1. Portion of the floor of the prehistoric cavern of Les Eyzies, France. Cat. 



No. 9106, U.S.N.M., showing the objects used by prehistoric man and how 

 they are preserved and found 358 



2. Prehistoric station of Chelles showing alluvial deposits, in the valley of the 



River Marne, 19 kilometers east of Paris, wherein Chellecn Paleolithic 

 implements are found. Cleuziou, Creation de I'Honnne et les Premiers 

 Ages de I'Humanito, page 173, fig. 101 360 



3. Rudely chipped quartzite implements of Paleolithic type. District of Colum- 



bia. (U. S. National Museum) 368 



4. Series of rudely chipped quartzite implements of Paleolithic type. Mount 



Vernon, Virginia. Cat. Nos. 136952, 150378, U.S.N.M 368 



5. Map of the River V^zere (Dordogne), France, showing settlements made by 



man in the Paleolithic period 369 



6. Perspective view of the cavern of Le Moustier, irom the Vezere 370 



7 a, b, c, (1. Mousterien points (Paleolithic), obverse and reverse. Cat. No. 9015, 



U.S.N.M 370 



8 a, h, c, d. Mousterien scrapers (Paleolithic), obverse and reverse. Cat. No. 



99896, U.S.N.M 370 



9. Series of Solutreen (Paleolithic) leaf-shaped blades. Cast, Cat. No. 99747 



U.S.N.M 371 



10. Notched or barbed Solutreen (Paleolithic) points, a, rudest form; &, from 



leaf-shaped ; c, finest form, broken ; d, finest form, restored 371 



11. Rock shelter of La Madelaine, River V^zere, Dordogne, occupied by man 



dui'ing the Paleolithic period 372 



12. Perspective view and section of the rock shelter of Laugerie 'Basse, River 



V6zere, Dordogne 373 



13, 14, 15. Decorative geometric and conventional designs of the Paleolithic 



period in Emope 377 



16. Fig. 1. The Lenape stone, a slate gorget with figure of mammoth or masto- 



don engraved thereon. Found by Bernard Hansell, near Doylestown, 



Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Paxon collection 380 



Fig. 2. Fulgnr shell, with figure of mammoth or mastodon engraved there- 

 on. Found by M. Sarault at Hollyoak, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 

 Delaware. Cat. No. 148313, U.S.N.M 380 



17. rt. Perspective view and (6) section of the cavern of Placard, (Charente), 



France, c. Section of the prehistoric cavern of Schweitzerbild, Switzer- 

 land. Strata showing superposed successive epochs of culture 415 



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