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KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Ill Cambodia, in Japan, in Africa (fig. 9, Cat. No. 170677, U.S.N.M.), up 

 the valley of the Nile, and lately in tbe United States. 



ST. ACHEULEEN EPOCH (ALLUVIUM). 



Some of the prehistoric archaeologists of France have sought to make 

 a subdivision of the culture of the Chelleen epoch and to dei)omiuate 

 the specimens from St. Achenl near Amiens on the Somme Eiver, 

 France, by the name of that station. These specimens are thinner, 

 with smaller flakes; are liner in their manufacture, and show an 

 improved art of flint chipping. Fig. 10 represents one of these speci- 

 mens. It is of flint, pointed, almond-shaped, showing part of crust of 

 pebble left for grip, and with cutting edge at the small end. 



Fig. 8. 



PALEOLITHIC CHELLEEN IMPLEMENT OF CHIPPED 

 QUAETZITE. 



Laterite beds near Madras, India. 



Cat. No. 88190, U.S.N.M. U natunil size. 



Fir 9 



paleolithic chelleen quartzite imple- 

 MENT. 



Africa. 



Cat. No. 170677, U.S.N.M. J^ natur.il size. 



FLINT IMPLEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Implements in large numbers have been discovered in nearly every 

 State of the United States, bearing great resemblance in form, appear- 

 ance, and mode of manufacture to the Paleolithic (Clielleen and St. 

 Acheuleen) implements from western Europe and the localities just 

 mentioned. If accepted as such, their jiresence would prove the occu- 

 pation of America by a prehistoric race of the same culture status. 



The investigation concerning these implements has not been very pro- 

 found, nor has it been settled to the satisfaction of all prehistoric archae- 

 ologists, perhaps not even to a majority, that they are truly Paleolithic 

 implements. There have been various contentions concerning this. On 

 this subject the author has formulated his conclusions as follows: 



It is apparent on slight inspection that these implements found 

 in the United States, althougli mostly on the surface, are of the same 

 Paleolithic type as those found in the gravels of Europe and elsewhere. 



