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l»I('iiient is well (^'IiikmI, allli<)iii;li Hi*' scai's left l>y flip- 

 ping the two faces are still large and somewhat irregular. 

 It is 1 lie regularity and the fineness of the chipping which 



FriiDi Birkner, " Dir Uiluvialc Momm-U in Eur..pa." 



Figure 31. Flint Implements of the Mousterian Epoch. 



distinguishes the Acheulian from the Chellean. Indeed, 

 it is ''so skilfully done as virtually to eliminate the zig- 

 zag nature of the edge formed by the meeting of the two 

 chipped faces. "^^ The men of the old river drift must 

 have had strong arms and skilful fingers, for it must have 



35 MacCurdy, G. G. — "The Caveman as Artist," Century, July, 101-2. vol. 

 Ixxxiv., p. 440. 



