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Reproduced by permission from Osborn's " Men of the Old Stone Age." 



I>-PIT AT MAUEK, NEAR HEIDELBERG: DISCOVERY SITE OF THE JAW OF 

 HEIDELBERG MAN 



a 6. " Newer loess," either of Third Interglacial or of Postglacial times. 

 b c. "Older loess" (sandy loess), of the close of Second Interglacial times. 

 c /. The "sands of Mauer." 

 d e. An intermediate layer of clay. 



The white cross (X) indicates the spot at the base of the " sands of Mauer" at which the jaw of Heidel- 

 berg was discovered. 



