Solutrean Culture
Between 20,000 and 16,000 BCE, the Solutrean culture brought with it appreciably superior art and new tools such as drills, saws, javelins, and spears. Slim, sharp needles were made of bone, many implements were carved out of reindeer horn and reindeer’s antlers were engraved occasionally with animal figures.
Source: Durant, Will, The Story of Civilization, Vol. 1: Our Oriental Heritage, A history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the Death of Alexander, and in India, China, and Japan from the beginning. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1954.
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