368 



KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



13 and 14, those from WyomiDg; 15, from Mount Yeruon, Virginia. 



Plates 3 and 4 rej^resent a series from the District of Columbia and 



Mount Vernon,Virginia, 

 respectively. 



As examples of the ear- 

 liest art products of man 

 throughout the world, 

 this series is inserted. 



It has been contended 

 that human occupation 

 during the Cavern peri- 

 od in Europe was con- 

 temporaneous with the 

 Glacial period, that the 

 inhabitants had thereto- 

 fore lived without parti- 

 cular habitations, and 

 the climate being warm 

 and moist, they were 

 without particular need 

 of any; but on the ap- 

 proach of cold, incident 

 to glaciers, the inliabi- 

 tauts retreated to the 

 caverns for warmth and 

 shelter. 

 It appears certain that there was at the beginning of this epoch a 



material change in human art and industry. The Chelleen and St. 



Acheuleen implements, so widespread, were superseded by objects now 



found in the caves and rock shelters oc- 

 cupied by man. This statement might 



be doubted if it rested on a few objects, 



but its truth will be apparent when we 



consider that these implements have 



been found throughout western Europe 



by hundreds of seekers, in thousands 



of places, and to the number of tens of 



thousands, but never associated with 



cave implements or objects; while on 



the other hand, tens of thousands of 



cavern implements and objects have 



been found in their appropriate places 



and never associated with Chelleen or 



St. Acheuleen implements, I say never — 



if any have been thus found, the proportion is insignificant, not one in 



a huuilred; so that the statement is substantially true. 



Fig. 11. 



BUDE CHIPPED FLINT IMPLEMENT OP PALEOLITHIC TYPK. 



Side aucl edge views. 

 Texas. 



Cat. N.-. iUhi, U.S.N.M. l, natural size. 



Fig. 12. 



RUDE CHIPPED FLINT I.MPI.EMENT OF PALEO- 

 LITHIC TYPE. 



Side and edge views. 

 Texas. 



O.lt. No. I7278£>, U.S.N.M. H natural size. 



