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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12736216095).jpg OF THE CAVES OF CRESWELL CRAGS <br> Fig 2 Ironstone implement Robin Hood Cave \ <br> 593 <br> entirely discarded the implements of stone and bone relics of such <br> materials are not uncommonly found in graves which cannot be re- <br> garded as ancient The Shoshones though mostly provided with <br> tools of iron and steel of approved patterns are still to be seen em- <br> ploying as a scraper in the dressing of skins a mere ' teshoa ' con- <br> sisting of a small worn boulder thinner at one end split through <br> the middle in such a manner as to furnish a rough cutting-edge at <br> one side There seems to be a considerable advantage in this over any <br> form of knife or other tool which has yet reached them from without ; <br> and it is probable that it will be retained so long as their present <br> method of preparing hides is in vogue Probably those of the <br> Robin-Hood Cave were put to the same use <br> A fragment of red raddle from the cave- earth had probably <br> been used for painting <br> The large number of splinters in the cave proves that it was used <br> by the hunters as a place of resort for a considerable time and that <br> they brought the raw material along with them and made their <br> cutting-tools as they were wanted on the spot The numerous <br> broken bones prove that they were in the habit of breaking bones <br> for the sake of the marrow after the fashion of many savage tribes <br> t <br> Keconnaissance of North-western Wyoming ' by W A Jones p 261 35818762 110705 51125 Page 593 Text 33 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35818762 1877 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 33 1877 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35818762 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35818762 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-24 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12736216095 2015-08-26 19 51 48 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1877 Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script | ||||
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