BronzeobjectsfoundatKrasnojarskSiberia。
TonamethedistrictswheretoolsweremanufacturedinprehistorictimesinFrancewouldbetogivealistofallthedepartments。InthecommuneofSaint-JulienduSautwefindalargemanufactorywhereeverydivisionoftheStoneageisfullyrepresented，fromthetimeofthesimplychippedhatchettothatofthepolishedimplementofrareperfection。Everythingbearswitnesstotheprolongedresidenceofmaninaneighborhoodwhichofferedtheattractionofvastdepositsofchalkwithbandsofflintthatsuppliedalikeweaponsandtools。Amongstothers，wemustnametheso-calledATELIERDELA
TREICHE，nearToul，whichextendsforanareaofaboutahundredacres，thatofBonaruc，nearDax；surroundedbywastelandscoveredwithascantyvegetation；thatofRochebertierCharente，whichprobablydatesfromtheMadeleineperiod；andthatofEcorche-Boeuf，nearPerigueux。TheAbbeCochettellsusofanatelierintheAulnevalley，andMauriceSandofanothernearLaChatre，wherewemeetwiththemostancienttracesofmaninBerry。Inthefields，nearanalignmentnotfarfromAutun，werepickedupnumbersofhatchetsofbardrock，barbedarrows，flakesofflintworkedintoscrapersorchisels，whilstnearthemweretheverypolishersonwhichtheyhadbeenpointed。
Wehavejustspokenofpolishers，andwesaidsometimeagothatitwasbyprolongedrubbingthattheremarkableweaponsofNeolithictimeswereproduced。WemustaddnowthatawholeseriesofthepolishersusedaretobeseenontherightbankoftheLoing，nearNemours；
oneofwhichisaregulartableFig。72，onwhichcanbemadeoutnolessthanfiftygroovesandtwenty-fivecup-likedepressions。