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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SIV-SOU |
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SOLUTRIAN EPOCH , in archaeology, the name given by G. de Mortillet to the second stage of his system of cave-chronology, and that synchronous with the third division of the Quaternary
Macon
district
series of chipped flints, one modelled on the laurel-leaf , the other on that of the willow. Those of the first series are artistically chipped upon the two faces and the end, and are readily distinguishable from the flints of the preceding Mousterian epoch. Large thin spear-heads; scrapers with edge not on the side but on the end; flint knives and saws, but all still chipped, not ground or polished; long spear-points, with tang and shoulder on one side only, are also characteristic implements of this epoch. Bone or horn, too, was used. The Solutrian work
rhinoceros
bear and urus. Solutrian " finds " have been also made in the caves of Les Eyzies and Laugerie Haute, and in the Lower Beds of Cresswell Cave (Derbyshire).End of Article: SOLUTRIAN EPOCH If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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