An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 66.—Bear engraved on , Ariege. Fig. 67.—Rhinoceros head engravedon stalagmite. Gourdan. head of the extinct Woolly-haired Rhinoceros (Rhinocerostichorhinus) ^ (Fig- 67). Engravings of this animal, butmuch more crudely executed, have been found at Lourdes,. Fig. 68.—Rhinoceros engraved on a schist pebble. Tribolite cave, Arcy-sur-Cure. and in the Tribolite cave at Arcy-sur-Cure, in Yonne{Fig. 68). ^ Musee Prehistorique, 210. ^ UAnthrop., Fig, 45, p. 156. ^ Ibid., Fig. 27, p. 129. ^ La Caverne de Font lie Gauine,\). 147. 54
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 66.—Bear engraved on , Ariege. Fig. 67.—Rhinoceros head engravedon stalagmite. Gourdan. head of the extinct Woolly-haired Rhinoceros (Rhinocerostichorhinus) ^ (Fig- 67). Engravings of this animal, butmuch more crudely executed, have been found at Lourdes,. Fig. 68.—Rhinoceros engraved on a schist pebble. Tribolite cave, Arcy-sur-Cure. and in the Tribolite cave at Arcy-sur-Cure, in Yonne{Fig. 68). ^ Musee Prehistorique, 210. ^ UAnthrop., Fig, 45, p. 156. ^ Ibid., Fig. 27, p. 129. ^ La Caverne de Font lie Gauine,\). 147. 54 PREHISTORIC ART Palaeolithic art found its highest expression in thedrawing of two animals which no doubt existed in enormousnumbers in South-west France during the later period ofthe Palaeolithic age ; but which now live only in verydistant parts of the world. These are the Reindeer {Cervustaraiidus) and the Bison [Bison prisctis). The Reindeer,especially, must have played a most important part in thelives of these prehistoric hunters, and have been of serviceto them in a multitude of ways. In addition to food andclothing, its antlers supplied the material for the manu-facture for implements and weapons, and for the manifesta-
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