Author: Piette, Édouard Louis Stanislas [1827- 1906]
Title: Les subdivisions de l'époque magdalénienne et de l'époque néolithique
Description: Angers, Imprimerie A. Burdin et Cie, 1889. orig. wrappers. 24x16cm, 25 pages.. Cover edges chipped & torn. Spine torn. Edges browned. Good. ¶ ["During the 1880s and 1890s he performed archaeological work at various Paleolithic and Mesolithic sites in southwestern France. From his excavatory findings at Mas-d'Azil in 1887, he introduced the "Azilian culture" to bridge the space between the local Paleolithic and Mesolithic phases. Also, he proposed a subdivision of the French Paleolithic into the Amygdalithic, Niphetic and Glyptic phases, but the idea was not widely accepted by other archaeologists. From his excavations in southwestern France, he found numerous objects of prehistoric art. Among his discoveries at the cavern of Mas-d'Azil was a statuette of a female carved from the tooth of an equine. At Grotte du Pape near Brassempouy, fragments of seven statuettes were uncovered, including the so-called Dame de Brassempouy. Piette was among the first to support the authenticity and antiquity of the Altamira cave art" - wikipedia].

Keywords: French Archaeology, Neolithic, Stone Age, Magdalenian, France, Paleolithic, , ,