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in France. DESNOYERS in 1863 at Saint-Prest, PAbbe 

 BOURGEOIS in 1867 at Thenay, and RAMES in 1877 at 

 Puy-Courny, are some of the protagonists. In spite 

 of the efforts of the Belgian, RUTOT, to assume the onus 

 of an affirmative solution, French scholars, led by BOULE, 

 have, as a whole, refused to accept this answer. 



The investigations in Neolithic France have been 

 made by CHATELLIER in Brittany (1807) with his 

 museum at Kernuz; BONSTETTEN, CUSSET, BAYE, TAbbe 

 HERMET, in the dolmens, and BERTRAND at Carnac. 

 GUEBHARD, VIRE, BAUDOUiN, and JACQUOT, are a few 

 of the others interested in the prehistoric monuments 

 of France. 



The Age of Bronze was first investigated in France 

 by CHANTRE (1876) in the Rhone Basin. COUTIL is 

 another name to note in this horizon. DECHELETTE, 

 BERTRAND, COROT, and PIROUTET, are the names of 

 some of those associated with investigations in the 

 Iron Age. 



It is impossible to speak of the large mass of literature 

 on prehistoric France. Special mention should, however, 

 be made of G. DE MORTILLET'S "Le Prehistorique" 

 (1883), EDMOND'S "Musee Osteologique " (1907), S. 

 REINACH'S "Repertoire de TArt Quaternaire" (1913), 

 and DECHELETTE 's monumental work " Manuel d' Arche*- 

 ologie prehistorique" (3 vols. 1898-1912). 



American Archaeology. It is perhaps significant of 

 the wide interest taken hi the subject of prehistoric 

 archaeology by France to note that American archaeology 

 has by no means been neglected. The only complete 

 treatise on American archaeology is that of the late 

 M. BEUCHAT, "Manuel d'Archeologie americaine" 

 (1912). NADAILLAC has also written two books dealing 

 with America. Middle American archaeology, and 



