. Secrets of earth and sea. Science; Natural history; Archaeology; Art, Primitive. THE EARLIEST PICTURE IN THE WORLD 3 " ; At this period the reindeer (Tar- andus), which previously abounded, is giving place to the red deer (Elaphus). The layer in which this carving was found belongs to the latest of the Palaeolithic cave deposits, and was followed by a warmer period, in which the red deer and the modern fauna entirely replaced the old fiauna of the Glacial period. The deposits in Pyrenean caves of the Elapho - Tarandian age are characterized by an abund- ance of lar
. Secrets of earth and sea. Science; Natural history; Archaeology; Art, Primitive. THE EARLIEST PICTURE IN THE WORLD 3 " ; At this period the reindeer (Tar- andus), which previously abounded, is giving place to the red deer (Elaphus). The layer in which this carving was found belongs to the latest of the Palaeolithic cave deposits, and was followed by a warmer period, in which the red deer and the modern fauna entirely replaced the old fiauna of the Glacial period. The deposits in Pyrenean caves of the Elapho - Tarandian age are characterized by an abund- ance of large flat harpoons serrated on both sides. In this latest horizon of the Reindeer period the art of engraving in outline on bone and stone had attained the highest pitch of excellence wjiich it reached in the prehistoric race of South-West Europe. A very natural tendency among those who hear from time to time something of what is being discovered about primitive man is to confuse all the periods and races of prehistoric man together, and so picture to themselves one ideal " primitive ; My friend Mr. Rudyard Kipling does this, although it would be no further from a true conception were he to blend his ancient Britons, his Phenicians, his Romans, his Saxons, his Normans, and a few Hindoos into one. Fig. 3.—A. Perforated harpoon of the Azilian or Red-Deer period, made from antler of red deer, found in quantity in the upper layers of deposit in the cavern of the Mas d'Azil (Arriege). B and ' C. Imper- forate harpoons or lance heads made from reindeer antler of the Magdalenian period (Reindeer epoch). B from Bruniquel Cave (Tarn-et-Garonne). C from a cavern in the Hautes Pyr^n^es, Same size as the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929
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