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deer ; they resembled those found on the "small anvils" of the Mous- 

 terian period." 



17. Chulatovo in. — Rolled flints of Mousterian type were found 

 during 1938 eroded from the bank of the Desna River near Chulatovo 

 near Novgorod-Seversk. 



18. Svctilovichi (Bielorussia). — Accidental finds on the second 

 terrace above the flood plain of rolled and patined points of Mous- 

 terian type were made during 1929 by P. N. Chaikovskii, a teacher 

 who studied the region, on the right bank of the Baseda River in the 

 ravine of Kamennaia Gora near Svetilovichi. These implements 

 were described in 1937 by K. M. Polikarpovich. 



19. Dcrkitl. — This Mousterian station, largely destroyed by the 

 river, stands near Kolesnikovo farm on the right bank of the Derkul 

 River, a left tributary of the northern Donets River, above its mouth. 

 The Paleolithic remains lie in a stratum of finely rounded flint gravel. 

 This stratum divides two layers of sandy alluvium, of which the lower 

 one, covering the surface of the marl, represents the remnants of 

 the ancient third above the flood-plain terrace of the Derkul River. 

 The only bone found was that of a large mammal. The tools were 

 mainly of qviartzite. This site was discovered during 1924 by P. P. 

 Efimenko and studied by him during 1924- 1926 and 1930. 



20. Kamcnskaia. — Bones of mammoth and other animals were 

 reported but unconfirmed from the ancient gravel deposits near the 

 Cossack village of Kamenskaia, in the Donets region, near the con- 

 fluence of the Rychnitsa River with the Northern Donets. The dis- 

 covery of a discoidal nucleus was reported. 



21. Krosnyi I Ar.— Many large flint flakes and implements of 

 Mousterian type, including points, scrapers, etc., were collected during 

 1925-1926 by S. A. Loktiushev close to the Northern Donets River, 

 15 kilometers southeast of Voroshilovgrad [formerly Lugansk]. This 

 station is about i kilometer southeast of Krasnyi lAr farm, on the 

 right bank of the river. 



22. Adshi-Koha. — This cave of the corridor type, located on the 

 western slope of Korabi-IAila in the mountainous region of the 

 Crimea, was investigated by G. A. Bonch-Osmolovskii during 1932- 



^ Cf. at La Quina, Charente district of France, discovered by the late 

 Dr. Henri-Martin and reported from Teshik-Tash near Tashkent. (H. F.) 

 The use of a bone rest or anvil was common in Europe even before the Middle 

 Paleolithic when many large splinters of bone are found to bear indentations 

 and scratches caused by "rest percussion." The bone was used in much the same 

 way that we might use a bench, to steady and support the artifact while fine 

 percussion or pressure was used. (A. J. H. G.) 



