940 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



This means arrowi)oints tranchant transversal, altlumgh tli<» name had 

 nut tlien been given to them. 



The specimens from Petit Morin confirm Hamy's opinion and the 

 tlieory that tliey wore used as arrowpoints or projectiles, A skull was 

 found in one of the grottoes of \'illev('nard, where it, with the other 

 portions of tlu' skeleton, were in tlieir normal position, apparently 

 unchanged in position since the day of burial. A i)ortion of the skull 

 was decayed so tliat possible wounds were destroyed, but inside of the 

 skull, so placed as to be impossible of entry except through the bone, 

 were found three arrowpoints tranchant transversal. Another of these 

 arrowjjoints was found, still at Villevenard, inserted between two dorsal 

 vertebra'. In a burial cave containing thirty subjects, all regularly 

 dis])0sed and the whole grave filled solid, were found no less than 

 seventy-three arrowpoints tranchant transversal. They were disposed 

 in the head and trunk and bore such relation to the skeletons as to show 

 that they had been intimately associated with the body, if not inserted 

 in it, at the time of burial. Baron de Baye found nearly two thousand 

 of these si)ecimens, tranchant transversal, in the grottoes explored by 

 him, and it is impossible to believe, after the evidences found, tliat they 

 had not been used as projectiles, whether as arrowpoints or spearheads 

 may be left undetermined. 



Those who are desirous of contiiuiing the investigations into this 

 subject are referred to the authorities: 



"Sur les Filches a Traucliant Trausversal," by Baron Joseph de Baye, iti ('ongivs 

 Interuatioual d'Aiithropohjgie ft AroIia>ologio Prohistori(ines. Couipte rendu de la 

 7o session, Stockholm, 1874, I, pp. 271,272. 



"Le Pn'histori(iiie," 2d ed., p. 518. By G. Do Mortillet. 



"Lo Miisce Prohistorique," pi. xxxix, tigs. 319-334. By G. De Mortillet. 



"Pointes de Flcches Typiqucs de Fere-eu-Tardenois (Aisne)," by Fdmond Vielle: 

 Bull, de la See d'Anthrop. de Paris, I, (4th scr.), Paris, 1890, pp. 959-964. 



"Amies de Jet a Tranchant Transversal, concave ou convexe," by Dr. L. Capitan. 

 Bnllelin de la Societe d'Anthropologie do Paris, XII (3d ser.), 1889, pp. 609-620. 



"Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain," by Sir John Evans (Anier. ed.), 

 p. 365. 



"Un Depot de Flechcs a Tranchant Transversal dans les Stations du Petit-Morin," 

 by Baron .Joseph de Baye. Bulletin de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris, VII (3d 

 ser.), 1884, pp. 202-204. 



A communication by M. Dumont ' argues the affirmative of the propo- 

 sition at length in a very satisfactory manner. It shows, by Plate IX, 

 that on the Kongo and throughout a large portion ot Africa the arrow 

 or spear heads with tin; broad points, tranchant transversal, are in 

 continued use among thesivages. The same idea is elaborated by 

 Dr. Cai)itan in the study mentioned. 



Those who are in opposition to the idea of these being used as arrow- 

 ])oints arc recommended to Dictionnaire des Scieuces Anthropologiques, 

 titles " Neolithique," p. 806, and " Tranchet," p. 1004, by Philippe 



' Bulletin de la Societe d'Anthropologie, Brnxelles, VIII, 1889-90, pp. 176-188. 



