TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION H. 783 



Dordogne. Others Lave been described ia tlie rock shelters of the Pyrenees and 

 in Switzerland. M. Cartailhac laid stress on the conclusions which can be deduced 

 from the presence of similar pieces in layers so remote. Of all the sculptured 

 objects of the same epoch this is the only one which to any extent had a look of 

 repetition. 



M. Emile Cartailhac then entered into an exposition of the facts which led him 

 to consider that neither the reindeer nor the horse was domesticated or bridled 

 during the Reindeer Age. 



5. A New Statuette of the Reindeer Age representing a Woman, Sculptured 

 in Ivory. By Dr. Emile Cartailhac. 



The rock shelters of Brassempouy, on the waste land north of the little Tillage 

 of Orthes, includes one of the richest layers of the Quaternary epoch. The mam- 

 moth and its contemporaneous fauna are largely represented ; with flints, recalling 

 to mind in some instances the types of Langerie Haute and of Solutre, lay a certain 

 number of the worked bones and also remarkable pieces of sculpture, some of which 

 have been described in * Materieux ' and elsewhere ; others are still unpublished. 



Amongst the latter is a broken ivory statuette, collected by M. Dubalen, 

 Conservateur of the Museum of Mont de Marsan, a portion of which M. Emile 

 Cartailhac has reconstructed. The loss of the upper part of the bust in this 

 specimen is very unfortunate, since, if one may judge \)y the rest of the body, it 

 was carved with great regard to truth and exactitude. This human representation 

 is the best made one which is known of the reindeer period. It pi'oves once more 

 the value of the artistic sentiment of these distant ages. 



These engravings and prehistoric sculptures have frequently been compared to 

 those of the primitive populations of North America and Asia, but the more these 

 ■works multiply, the more they affirm the incomparable superiority of the troglo- 

 dytes, our ancestors. 



M. Emile Cartailhac exhibited the original specimen. 



6. The End of the Stone Age on the Borders of the Mediterranean Basin. 

 By Dr. Emile Cartailhac. 



The author explained the analogies and identities proved to exist at the two 

 extremities of the Mediterranean— in Egypt, at Troy, in Greece, and at Santorin at 

 the one end, and in Spain at the other end. 



The civilisation, which corresponds to the end of the Stone Age, appears to have 

 special characters and a remarkable uniformity. It does not only influence the 

 same objects, but especially the manners and customs, as shown by exhumed monu- 

 ments, houses, small market towns, fortifications, and tombs. 



Between the East and the Iberian Peninsula, transition is shown by the 

 numerous discoveries in Italy, France, Algeria, Tunis, and the Islands. The con- 

 nections of this primitive civilisation with the Stone Age of the rest of Europe are 

 remarkable, and illustrate best the diversity of their origins. 



7. On the Present State of Prehistoric. Studies in Belgium. 

 By Count Goblet d'Alviella. 



The author reviewed briefly the various investigations which have been made 

 in Belgium regarding the early history of man in that country, beginning with 

 the exploration of the caves, which have in recent years, as well as in earlier 

 times, yielded Such interesting results as to their occupation as far back as the 

 period of the mammoth and the reindeer, and also in Neolithic times. He then 

 proceeded to give an account of Quaternary finds in the plains, consisting of 

 flint implements in all stages of manufacture, both of Palaeolithic and Neolithic 



