TABLE OF OOJSrTENTS. 



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Introduction 823 



I. Spears and harpoons in the Paleolithic period 824 



II. The origin, invention, and evolution of the bow and arrow 830 



III. Superstitions concerning arrowpoints and other prehistoric stone 



implements 841 



IV. Flint mines and quarries in Western Europe and in the United States. . 850 

 Europe 850 



Spienues, Belgium 850 



Grand Pressigny, France 858 



Mnr de-Barrez (Aveyron), France 859 



Meudon (Oise), France 860 



Champignolles (Oise), France 860 



Grimes Graves, Brandon, Suffolk, England 861 



Cissbury, Sussex, England 864 



Scraper workshop at Goaleuec, Quiberon (Morbihan), France 867 



United States 868 



Flint Ridge, Licking County, Ohio 868 



Caches 871 



V. Material of arrowpoints and spearheads 872 



Microscopic examination of flint 876 



VI. Manufacture of arrowpoints and spearheads 877 



VII. Scrapers, grinders, and straighteners used in making arrow and spear 



shafts 884 



VIII. Classification of arrowpoints and spearheads 887 



Division I — Leaf-shaped 891 



Class A. — Pointed at both ends 895 



Class B, — Pointed at one end ; concave, straight, or convex base . . . 899 

 Class C. — Long, narrow blades with straight, parallel edges, sharp 



points, base concave, straight, or convex 906 



Division II — Triangular 909 



Division III — Stemmed 913 



Class A. — Lozenge-shaped 915 



Class B. — Shouldered but not barbed 917 



Class C. — Shouldered and barbed 925 



Division IV — Peculiar forms 931 



Class A. — Beveled edges 931 



Class B. — Serrated edges 934 



Class C. — Bifurcated stems 935 



Class D. — Extremely long barbs, square at ends, finely chipped 936 



Class E. — Triangular in section <»37 



Class F. — Broadest at cutting end — tranchanfc transversal 937 



Class G. — Polished slate 911 



Class H. — Asymmetric 941 



Class I. — Curious forms 942 



Class K. — Perforators 944 



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