CAVE OF CRO-MAGNON. 



69 



Lastly, above these different layers, and all over the Shelter itself, lay the 

 rubbish of the talus (4 to 6 metres thick), sufficient in itself, according to what 



Fig. 42. 



Plan of the Cave of Cro-Magnon, showing the Position of the Human Skeletons, of the Slabs, &c. 

 N.W. S.E. 



P, Limestone. d, Human bones. 



X, Central portion of layer H (fig. 41) where it was e, Slabs fallen from the roof at different times. 



thickest. m, Bones of a Woman. 



Y, Base of the pillar built to support the roof. n, Human bones. 



a, Tusk of an Elephant. a-/3, Line of the section shown in fig. 41. 



b, Skull of an Old Man. S-y. Line of the section shown in fig. 43. 



Fig. 43. 



Section of a lateral portion of the Cave ; along the line y-& of the Plan, fig. 42. 

 Scale = y^j-jy (1 centimetre to 1 metre). 



N.E. S.W. 



' 



The Letters mean the same as in fig. 41, except that the bed J here contains no relics, and is stalagmitic 



and not carbonaceous. 



we have said above about its mode of formation (p. 63), to carry back the date 

 of the sepulture to a very distant period in the Prehistoric Age. 



As for the human remains and the position they occupied in bed I, the 

 following are the results of my careful inquiries in the matter. At the back 



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