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ARROWPOINTS, SPEARHEADS, AND KNIVES. 



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epoch, tbe shoulder being on one side, contrary to the arrow and spear 

 heads of the ISTeolithic i)eri<)d, and bearing a great simihirity to its 

 brother, the harpoon. 



These and similar implements, made of bone and horn, were contin- 

 ued in use throughout the Paleolithic i^eriod. So it is proved by 

 deduction aiul induction that the bow and 

 arrow did not make its appearance during 

 the Paleolithic period, but are later than 

 cither the spear or javelin. 



The author does not forget 

 the differences of opinion be- 

 tween M. de Mortillet and M. 

 d' Acy as to the various types of 

 Paleolithic im- 

 plements, and 

 the extinctfauna 

 associated there- 

 with, found ill 

 the alluvial 

 gravels of north- 

 ern France and 

 southern Eng- 

 land. He knows 

 also the subdi- 

 vision called St. 

 Acheulecn, pro- 

 posed by M. 

 d'Ault Dumes- 

 nil, and he does 

 not enter into 

 any of these dis- 

 c u s s i o n s . His 



position in this paper does not conflict with 

 either. Whether the Mousterien point was 

 contemporaneous with the Chellcen imple- 

 ment, or was subsequent to it, or how many 

 changes or epochs are represented by the 

 two styles of implements, does not affect 

 the statement that the Chellcen implement 

 probably was not, and the Mousterien 

 probably was, used as a spearhead, and 

 that despite the stemmed and barbed har- 

 poons of the Solutrc'cn or Cavern period, there is no evidence that 

 the bow and arrow was known or used during the Paleolithic period. 

 In this position the author is sustained by one of the highest authori- 

 ties on the subject in the United States, Prof. Henry W. Haynes, of 



Figs. 15, 16. 



SOLUTRKEN POINTS OF CHIPPED 

 FLINT. 



Sliouldered on ono edge. Onu tiii- 



ished, one unfinished. 



Dordoarne, France. 



Figa. 17, 18. 



.SOLUTREEN FLINT POINTS. 



Shouldered on one edge. 

 Dordogne, France. 



Natural size. 



