568 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1909. 
the appearance of flat, perforated harpoons (fig. 18) made of stag- 
horn, that replaced two successive types of Magdalenian harpoons— 
the older with a single row of lateral barbs and the younger with 
two rows of lateral barbs. The strati- 
——— ee graphic position of the Asylian, re- 
posing on the upper Magdalenian, is 
in harmony with the cultural and 
faunal elements. This is the horizon 
Fic. 17.—Inscription, from the upper of the remarkable painted pebbles 
Magdalenian, La Madeleine (Dor- 5 
degne), After Piette, <Lanthr, (fig. 18) found in the cavern of Mas 
vol. 15, p. 164, 1904. PAzil*® (Ariége), that have thrown 
so much light on paleolithic systems of writing and their connec- 
tion with subsequent systems. According to Piette we are indebted 
Fic. 18.—Asylian culture, from the cavern of Mas d’Azil (Ariége). Above, perforated 
harpoons of stag horn; below, pebbles with painted designs representing a cursive 
system of writing. After Hoernes, Der diluy. Mensch in Europa, p. 79, 19038. 
to the Asylian for at least a dozen symbols that have come down 
the epoch. 
