. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 401.—KentsCavern. (1970.). 458 CAVE IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXII. of granite, which was probably of the same class as this. Manysuch hammer-stones have been found in the French caves. I haveone, formed from a micaceous quartzose pebble, which I found inthe cave of La Madelaine, Dordogne, explored by Messrs. Lartetand Christy, which almost matches this from Kents Cavern in sizeand shape. It seems possible that their use was for pounding somesubstances, either animal or vegetable, for food. It is, hpwever,hardly probable t
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 401.—KentsCavern. (1970.). 458 CAVE IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXII. of granite, which was probably of the same class as this. Manysuch hammer-stones have been found in the French caves. I haveone, formed from a micaceous quartzose pebble, which I found inthe cave of La Madelaine, Dordogne, explored by Messrs. Lartetand Christy, which almost matches this from Kents Cavern in sizeand shape. It seems possible that their use was for pounding somesubstances, either animal or vegetable, for food. It is, hpwever,hardly probable that any cereals were cultivated by those whoused them. They may have been used in breaking open the bonesfor the marrow, which seems, from the fractured condition of allbones containing it, to have been a favourite food among theFrench cave-dwellers. Wexovius, quoted by Schefier,* says : Themarrow of raindeer is of a delicious taste, which they value inLapland, just as we do oisters or some other outlandish dainties. Another object which has to be mentioned is a sort of whetstoneof purplish-grey grit
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