SOLUTRIAN See also:

• EPOCH (Gr. E7roxij, holding in suspense, a pause, from E1rxav, to hold up, to stop)

EPOCH  , in See also:

• ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

archaeology, the name given by G. de See also:

• MORTILLET, LOUIS LAURENT GABRIEL DE (1821-1898)

Mortillet to the second See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage of his See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave-See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology, and that synchronous with the third See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• QUATERNARY

Quaternary See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . It is so called from the Solutre Cave, See also:

• MACON
• MACON, NATHANIEL (1758-1837)

Macon See also:

• DISTRICT

district, See also:

• SAONE

Saone-et-See also:

• LOIRE

Loire . The period is characterized by two See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of chipped flints, one modelled on the See also:

• LAUREL

laurel-See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf, the other on that of the See also:

• WILLOW (Salix)

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 See also:

• MOUSTERIAN

Mousterian See also:

• EPOCH (Gr. E7roxij, holding in suspense, a pause, from E1rxav, to hold up, to stop)

epoch . Large thin See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear-heads; scrapers with edge not on the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side but on the end; See also:

• FLINT
• FLINT, AUSTIN (1812-1886)
• FLINT, or FLTNTSHTRE (sir Gallestr)
• FLINT, ROBERT (1838- )
• FLINT, TIMOTHY (1780-1840)

flint knives and saws, but all still chipped, not ground or polished; See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long spear-points, with tang and See also:

• SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder on one side only, are also characteristic implements of this epoch . See also:

• BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
• BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)

Bone or See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn, too, was used . The Solutrian See also:

• WORK

work exhibits a transitory stage of See also:

• ART

art between the flint implements of the Mousterian and the bone implements of the See also:

• MADELENIAN

Madelenian epochs . The See also:

• FAUNA

fauna includes the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, See also:

• REINDEER

reindeer, See also:

• MAMMOTH
• MAMMOTH (0. Russ. mammot, mod. mamant; the Tatar word mama, earth, from which it is supposed to be derived, is not known to exist)

mammoth, cave See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

lion, See also:

• RHINOCEROS

rhinoceros, See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear and urus . Solutrian " finds " have been also made in the caves of See also:

• LES

Les Eyzies and Laugerie Haute, and in the See also:

• LOWER

Lower Beds of See also:

• CRESSWELL, SIR CRESSWELL (1794-1863)

Cresswell Cave (See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire) .