An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . inguished :— i. Mousterian, from the cave of Le Moustier, situatedon the right bank of the river Vezere, a tributary of theDordogne, in which stone implements were found asso-ciated with remains of the Mammoth [E. primig.), theWoolly-haired Rhinoceros {R. tichoThinus), and Cave Bear{Orsus spelceus). Two of these implements are verycharacteristic. They differ fundamentally from the pre-ceding chellian forms in not being formed directly out of a 12 PREHISTORIC ART natural piece of flint, but from a flake struck off from this flake is

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An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . inguished :— i. Mousterian, from the cave of Le Moustier, situatedon the right bank of the river Vezere, a tributary of theDordogne, in which stone implements were found asso-ciated with remains of the Mammoth [E. primig.), theWoolly-haired Rhinoceros {R. tichoThinus), and Cave Bear{Orsus spelceus). Two of these implements are verycharacteristic. They differ fundamentally from the pre-ceding chellian forms in not being formed directly out of a 12 PREHISTORIC ART natural piece of flint, but from a flake struck off from this flake is worked on one side only, either toa point, producing an implement with two sharp convexedges converging and meeting at the top, the precursor of thespearhead (Fig, 6) ; or to a sharp curved edge furnishingan instrument which has been compared to a choppingtool, or it might be used as a scraper (Fig. 5). Theedges of these implements were obtained by a series ofsmall continuous flakings. The climate during this epochwas apparently cold and

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