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kitchen débris of the reindeer-hunters was exposed, and at once notice of the discovery was given to the authorities. Investigations followed, by order of the Minister of Public Instruction, under the superintendence of M. Louis Lartet. First of all it was necessary to support the vault of the shelter by a pillar, because of a deep crack which threatened its fall (see Fig. 32). The culture débris and its various

FIG. 32. Section through the Rock-shelter of Cro-Magnon. (After L. Lartet.)

A B C D E F G H

Débris of the soft limestone. First layer of ashes, etc. Calcareous débris. Second layer of ashes, etc. Calcareous débris reddened by fire. Third layer of ashes, etc. Red earth, with bones, etc. Thickest layer of ashes, bones, etc.

I J K L N P

Yellowish earth, with bones, flints, etc. Thin bed of earth-stuff. Calcareous débris. Rubbish of the talus. Crack in the projecting ledge of rock. Projecting shelf of hard limestone.

Y a b c d e

Place of the pillar made to support the roof. Tusk of an elephant. Bones of an old man. Block of gneiss. Human bones. Slabs of stone fallen from the roof at different times.

contents are sufficiently indicated by the descriptive details of the figure. It was on the surface of the débris at the back part of the cave that the human skeletons were found. Above the projecting rock and all over the shelter lay a subsequent talus, 4 to 6 metres thick, which had accumulated since the