Fig. 20.11. Stone artifacts from 

 Europe and North America. A, 

 face and profile views of a hand 

 ax typical of the Acheulian cul- 

 tural epoch of Europe, centering 

 about the second interglacial stage 

 of the Pleistocene; note that the 

 stone is finished on one side only. 

 B, chipped stone implement of the 

 Mousterian culture, spanning the 

 third interglacial stage; such im- 

 plements were used by Neanderthal 

 man. C, "laurel leaf point of the 

 Solutrean culture which flourished 

 in parts of Europe during the fourth 

 or Wiirm glaciation. The shaded 

 figures with B and C show the 

 stones in cross section, for com- 

 parison of thickness. D, two Fol- 

 som points from North America, 

 similar in method of manufacture 

 to the finely finished Solutrean 

 points from Europe, which were 

 thinned and shaped by flaking. 

 (.4, B, and C after J. Andree, 

 from L. F. Zotz, 1951, AUsteinzeit- 

 kunde Mitleleuropas; D, photograph 

 courtesy American Museum of 

 Natural History.) 



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