318 



THE TROGLODYTES. 



The Mou.stier type takes its name from the Moustier cave, M^iere it is 

 very common and where it was first discovered by Edward Lartet and 

 Christy. A few specimens have been found in more ancient deposits, 

 coi-responding- with tlie first Quaternary period, and also in more recent 

 deposits corresponding witli the latest; but it properly belongs to the 

 intermediate. 



3. In a third period, which corresponds to the age of the reindeer, the 

 flint instrument was perfected. The ends are more pointed, tlie contour 

 more regular and symmetrical, and the edges have evidently been formed 

 with finer touches. This period of the stone age is distinguished- more 

 by the character of the manufacture than by the kind of instrument. 

 The lance-head of Solutre has been generally taken as a type, because 

 only a short time ago the lances from Solutre, in JMilconuais, were the 

 best made instruments which had been found in the Quaternary depos- 

 its, (see Fig. 6 ;) but since then Dr. Jules Parrot, and his brother, M. 

 Philippe Parrot, have found at Saint Martin of Excideuil, (Dordogne,) 

 in a cave of the age of the reindeer, numerous flint instruments much 

 more perfected. 



Fig. 7. 

 Fis. 6. 



The Solutre typo.— Point of Solutrd lance. 



The polished ax. 



We have now come to the end of the age of the reindeer, and to the 

 commencement of the present period. We now find an improvement in 

 the manufacture of flint instruments, which marks the beginning of a 



