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18. Fig. 1. Group of artists of the Chelloen period engaged in chipping flint 



implements 4:17 



Fig. 2. F.amily of the Madelainieu epoch, with representation of the rock 

 shelter of Langerie l^asse. From groups at Paris Exposition, 1889 417 



19. Geometric decorative designs in use in western Europe during the Neolithic 



period, some of which were continued into the Bronze age 422 



Explanation of Plate 19. 



Fig. 1. Dots vslightly prolonged, arranged in horizontal parallels, with panels of 

 the same arranged perpendicularly. Greenwell, British Barrows, page 

 67, fig. 54. 



2. Ornamented rim of cinerary urn, parallel lines in relief, with a single row 



of indentations forming a bead or molding with panel between. Idem, 

 page 68, lig. 55. 



3. Thumb-nail decoration in parallel horizontal lines. Idem, page 69, fig. 56. 



4. Ornamentation by lines of twisted cord arranged in parallels alternately 



horizontal and vertical. Idem, page 70, fig. 57. 



5. Large indentations, crescents, made with the thumb nail. Idem, page 



71, fig. 58. 



6. Rim decoration of alternate bands of dots and incised lineSj with scallops 



in high relief. Idem, page 73, fig. 60. 



7. Zigzag or herring-bone decoration, rows of parallel incised lines. Idem, 



page 74, fig. 61. 



8. Ornamented baud for rim of vessel, rolled in high relief, zigzag between 



two moldings. Idem, page 72, fig. 59. 



9. Zigzag or dogtooth decoration, imprint of cord. Idem, page 75, fig. 62, 



10. Imprint of cord, in horizontal parallel lines. Idem, page 75, figs. 62, 



63, 64. 



11. Lines of dots in horizontal parallels divided into chevron, dogtooth, aud 



square forms. Idem, page 76, fig. 65. 



12. Decoration of rim of bowl by dots and marks, in parallel lines with dog- 



tooth or Vandyke points formed of incised lines parallel to each other 

 and to the sides of the triangle. Idem, page 86, fig. 71. 



13. Lines made by dots with bone point or hard wood, drawn in horizontal 



bands divided by perpendicular column into panels forming a square 

 the center of which, left vacant, forms a St. Andrew's cross. Dawkins, 

 Early Man in P>ritaiu, page 361, fig. 127. 



14. Combination of snuill herring-bone, dogtooth, and twisted-cord decora- 



tion for the rim, and perpendicular lines of short incisions in groups of 

 fonr or five alternating, covering the body of the vase. Greenwell, 

 British Barrows, page 88, fig. 73. 



15. Engraving (intaglio) ou sujiport of dolmen of Petit-Mont Arzou (Morbihau). 



De Mortillet, Musee Prehistorique, fig. 581. 



16. Furrows (intaglio), four or five together in parallel lines, some horizontal 



aud continuous around the vase, others in reversed festoons. Gi*een- 

 well, British Barrows, page 89, figs. 75, 76. 



17. Combination of lines, some incised, others the imprint of a cord, hori- 



zontal, perpendicular, and zigzag. Many combinations. Idem, page 

 94, fig. 81. 



18. Pottery stamped in imitation of basket work. 



19. Ornamentation in combinations of incised lines and cord imprints 



arranged in horizontal parallel zones and in lozenge form ; a center 

 zone broken by parallel panels or bands of smooth surface. Greenwell, 

 British Barrows, page 101, fig. 89. 



