DESCEIPTIONS OF THE PLATES STONE IMPLEMENTS. 17 



A. STONE IMPLEMENTS. 



A. PLATE V. 



The specimens here figured belong to a type of Implements specially adapted 

 for being held in the hand by the thick and naturally rounded margin ; whilst the 

 opposite margin, reduced to a sharp curved edge by careful chipping, can be used 

 as a hatchet or chopper, and seems well fitted for smashing the marrow-bones which 

 are found broken among the hearth-stuff of the caves in great profusion. 



These Choppers vary much in size, and were chiefly found in the Le Moustier Cave, 

 a few only having occurred at Les Eyzies or elsewhere. Many seem to show signs of 

 wear ; and some have the edge chipped at a much more obtuse angle than others. 



Fig. 1. One-edged cutting-instrument, or chopper, formed from a block of grey Flint, 

 which has been first reduced by bold chipping to a flattened form, and then finely 

 chipped on both faces along one margin, so as to produce a sharp cutting-edge in 

 the form of a segment of a circle. The other margin is left with the natural crust 

 of the flint, and can be conveniently held in the hand. On the side figured, a por- 

 tion of the crust remains, the rest of the surface having been chipped away. 

 Le Moustier. 



French millimetres. English inches. 



Length 130 '. 5-118 



Breadth 88 3-465 



Thickness 32 1-260 



Figs. 2 a, 2 b. A similar instrument, but bevel-edged, formed of a large thick flake, 

 that has been struck off at a single blow from a block of Flint, and then brought 

 to a curved cutting-edge along one border by the chipping away of the outer 

 face. This flint is nearly black, with a yellowish crust remaining on the portion 

 that is convenient for holding in the hand. 



Fig. 2a shows the chipped side, with some of the crust remaining; fig. 2b, the 

 flat side. 



Le Moustier. 



French millimetres. English inches. 



Length 95 3-740 



Breadth 74 2-913 



Thickness 21 0-827 



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